Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) won
9-4 over
Chiaki Matsumura (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the Canad Inns Women's Classic, held October 21 - 24, 2016 at the Portage Curling Club in Portage La Prairie, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Homan won
4-2 over
Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the semifinals of the 2016 Canad Inns Women's Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada; and won
7-2 over
Shannon Birchard (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Canad Inns Women's Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada;
Homan finished 5-1 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Homan lost
6-5 to
Jie Mei (Harbin, CHN), then responded with a
5-3 win over
Cory Christensen (Blaine, USA). Homan won
9-7 against
Jacqueline Harrison (Mississauga, ON), then won
8-0 against
Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) and
5-4 against
Silvana Tirinzoni (Zurich, SUI). Homan won
7-3 against
Margaretha Sigfridsson (Skelleftea, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Canad Inns Women's Classic Championship title, Homan earned
74.715 world rankings points along with the $15,500CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 1st place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with
703.833 total points. Homan ranks 6th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
120.125 points earned so far this season.
