CHAMPION: Fesser Wins 2018 Medicine Hat Charity Classic

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

SKIP
Kourtney
Fesser

Third
Natalie
Yanko

Second
Krista
Fesser

Lead
Karlee
Korchinski

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	7.64
PA/G:	6.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Kourtney Fesser (Saskatoon, SK) won 7-6 over 's Jodi Marthaller in the Final of the Medicine Hat Charity Classic, held October 19 - 22, 2018 at the Medicine Hat Curling Club in Medicine Hat, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Fesser won 6-2 over Sherry Just (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2018 Medicine Hat Charity Classic in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; and won 8-2 over 's Robyn Silvernagle in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Medicine Hat Charity Classic in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada;

Fesser finished 2-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fesser defeated 's Robyn Silvernagle 6-5, then went on to lose 8-4 against Candace Chisholm (Carlyle, SK). Fesser lost 6-4 to Chantele Broderson (Edmonton, AB) where Fesser responded with a 7-4 win over 's Jodi Marthaller in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Medicine Hat Charity Classic Championship title, Fesser earned 23.840 world rankings points along with the $3,200CDN first prize cheque. Fesser move up 28 spots after posting a net gain of 20.126 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 69th overall with 54.635 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Fesser ranks 74th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 24.918 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: Kayla Skrlik
Kayla Skrlik, Lindsay Bertsch, Brittany Tran, Hope Sunley
Calgary, AB
2018: Kourtney Fesser
Kourtney Fesser, Natalie Yanko, Krista Fesser, Karlee Korchinski
Saskatoon, SK
2017: Candace Chisholm
Candace Chisholm, Lana Vey, Natalie Bloomfield, Kristy Johnson
Weyburn, SK
2016: Casey Scheidegger
Casey Scheidegger, Cary-Anne McTaggart, Jessie Haughian, Stephanie Enright
Lethbridge, AB
2015: Shannon Kleibrink
Shannon Kleibrink, Sarah Wilkes, Kalynn Park, Shana Snell
Calgary, AB
2014: Casey Scheidegger
Casey Scheidegger, Cary-Anne McTaggart, Jessie Haughian, Brittany Tran
Lethbridge, AB
2013: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Aleksandra Raeva, Ekaterina Galkina, Nkeiruka Ezekh
Moscow, RUS
2012: Chantelle Eberle
Chantelle Eberle, Nancy Inglis, Debbie Lozinski, Susan Hoffart
Regina, SK
2011: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Chalmers, Claire Hamilton
Perth, SCO
2010: Jessie Hunkin
Jessie Hunkin, Nicky Kaufman, Amanda St. Laurent, Stephanie Enright
Edmonton, AB
2009: Liudmila Privivkova
Liudmila Privivkova, Olga Zharkova, Nkeiruka Ezekh, Ekaterina Galkina
Moscow, RUS
2008: Casey Scheidegger
Casey Scheidegger, Kalynn Park, Jessie Haughian, Jayme Coutts
Lethbridge, AB
2007: Moe Meguro
Moe Meguro, Mari Motohashi, Mayo Yamaura, Sakurako Terada
Aomori, JPN
2006: Cheryl Bernard
Cheryl Bernard, Susan O'Connor , Carolyn McRorie, Cori Morris
Calgary, AB
2005: Diane Foster
Diane Foster, Andrea Wilson, Jacqueline Brett, Raelynne Watkins
Calgary, AB

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