CHAMPION: Jones Wins 2018 Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Jennifer
Jones

Third
Kaitlyn
Lawes

Second
Jocelyn
Peterman

Lead
Dawn
McEwen

Games:	9
Record:	7W - 2L
PF/G:	7.65
PA/G:	5.76
Hammer Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.61
Steal Efficiency:	0.14

Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) won 8-5 over Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling, held December 5 - 9, 2018 in Estevan, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Jones won 8-4 over Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) in the semifinals of the 2018 Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling in Estevan, Saskatchewan;

Jones finished 5-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jones defeated Chelsea Carey (Edmonton, AB) 7-5, then won 9-7 against Darcy Robertson (Winnipeg, MB). Jones went on to lose 6-3 against Einarson. Jones responded with a 9-5 win over Homan. Jones won 7-4 against Alli Flaxey (Winnipeg, MB), then won 9-6 against Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB). Jones went on to lose 7-5 against Laura Walker (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Home Hardware Canada Cup of Curling Championship title, Jones earned 87.138 world rankings points along with the $21,500CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 3rd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 518.136 total points. Jones ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 285.376 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2019: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2018: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jocelyn Peterman, Dawn McEwen, Jill Officer
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2014: Val Sweeting
Val Sweeting, Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson, Rachel Brown
Edmonton, AB
2010: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Sherry Anderson, Sherri Singler, Marliese Kasner
Saskatoon, SK

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