Shannon Birchard (Winnipeg, MB) won
8-6 over
Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Colonial Square Ladies Classic, held September 22 - 24, 2017 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Birchard won
7-5 over
Allison Flaxey (Caledon, ON) in the semifinals of the 2017 Colonial Square Ladies Classic in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won
8-2 over
Un-Chi Gim (Gyeonggi-do, KOR) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 Colonial Square Ladies Classic in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;
Birchard finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birchard defeated
Amber Holland (Regina, SK) 7-3, then won
6-1 against
Ashley Howard (Regina, SK) and
4-2 against
Jones in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Colonial Square Ladies Classic Championship title, Birchard earned
44.421 world rankings points along with the $7,500CDN first prize cheque, moving up 9 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 26th place overall with
172.318 total points. Birchard ranks 14th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
62.989 points earned so far this season.
