Birt Runner-Up at 2019 Jim Sullivan Curling Classic

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

SKIP
Suzanne
Birt

Third
Marie
Christianson

Second
Meaghan
Hughes

Lead
Michelle
Shea

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	10.00
PA/G:	5.78
Hammer Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.40

Suzanne Birt (Charlottetown, PEI) lost 6-4 to Un-Chi Gim (Gyeonggido, KOR) in the Final of the Jim Sullivan Curling Classic, held December 6 - 8, 2019 at the Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club in Saint John, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Birt won 7-2 over Nova Scotia's Tanya Hilliard in the semifinals of the 2019 Jim Sullivan Curling Classic in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada; and won 5-4 over Chenyi Wang (Beijing, CHN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Jim Sullivan Curling Classic in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada;

Birt finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birt defeated Sharon Levesque (Fredericton, NB) 7-3, then won 7-6 against Sylvie Quillian (moncton, NB) and 7-4 against Wang. Birt won 8-1 against Karen Cousins (Saint John, NB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Jim Sullivan Curling Classic, Birt take home 14.186 world rankings points along with the $1,500CDN prize, remaining in 28th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 2.868 after improving upon their best so far this season. Birt ranks 21st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 126.156 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

2025: Melissa Adams
Melissa Adams, Jaclyn Crandall, Cayla Auld, Kendra Lister, Kayla Russell
Fredericton, NB
2024: Sarah Mallais
Sarah Mallais, Jocelyn Adams-Moss, Amanda England, Heather MacPhee
Moncton, NB
2023: Melissa Adams
Melissa Adams, Jaclyn Crandall, Kendra Lister, Kayla Russell
Fredericton, NB
2022: Suzanne Birt
Suzanne Birt, Marie Christianson, Meaghan Hughes, Michelle Shea
Summerside, PEI
2019: Eun ji Gim
Eun ji Gim, Min-Ji Um, Su ji Kim, Ye eun Seol, Ye ji Seol
Gyeonggido, KOR
2018: Suzanne Birt
Suzanne Birt, Marie Christianson, Meaghan Hughes, Michelle Shea
Charlottetown, PEI
2017: Sylvie Quillian
Sylvie Quillian, Melissa Adams, Nicole Arsenault-Bishop, Kendra Lister
Moncton, NB

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