Rhonda Varnes (Winnipeg, MB) lost
8-2 to
Barb Spencer (winnnipeg, MB) in the Final of the The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul, held November 24 - 27, 2017 at the East St. Paul Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Varnes won
7-2 over
Shannon Birchard (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2017 The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; and won
9-7 over
Darcy Robertson (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;
Varnes finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Varnes defeated
Kristy Watling (Winnipeg, MB) 8-5, then went on to lose
8-5 against
Birchard. Varnes responded with a
6-5 win over
Jennifer Clark-Rouire (Winnipeg, MB). Varnes won
5-4 against
Alyssa Calvert (Carberry, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul, Varnes take home
18.957 world rankings points along with the $1,800CDN prize, moving up 6 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 49th place overall with
110.881 total points. Varnes ranks 51st overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
52.155 points earned so far this season.
