CHAMPION: Birt Wins 2021 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

SKIP
Suzanne
Birt

Third
Marie
Christianson

Second
Meaghan
Hughes

Lead
Michelle
Shea

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	9.07
PA/G:	4.88
Hammer Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.69
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Suzanne Birt (Charlottetown, PEI) won 7-2 over Corrie Huerlimann (Zug, SUI) in the Final of the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic, held November 10 - 14, 2021 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. To advance to the championship game, Birt won 7-5 over Jill Brothers (Halifax, NS) in the semifinals of the 2021 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia; and won 8-4 over Sarah Hill (St. John's, NL) in the quarterfinals.

Birt finished 2-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birt lost 5-2 to Taylour Stevens (Chester, NS), then responded with a 8-0 win over Jessica Daigle (Halifax, NS). Birt won 7-5 against Rebecca Morrison (GB, UK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic Championship title, Birt earned 30.274 world rankings points along with the $7,500CDN first prize cheque, moving up 9 spots the World Ranking Standings into 24th place overall with 118.220 total points. Birt ranks 31st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 46.005 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

2024: Rebecca Morrison
Rebecca Morrison, Jennifer Dodds, Sophie Sinclair, Sophie Jackson
Stirling, SCO
2023: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Selina Witschonke, Carole Howald , Pierre Charette
Aarau, SUI
2022: Kaitlyn Lawes
Kaitlyn Lawes, Selena Njegovan, Jocelyn Peterman, Kristin MacCuish
Winnipeg, MB
2021: Suzanne Birt
Suzanne Birt, Marie Christianson, Meaghan Hughes, Michelle Shea , Kathy O'Rourke
Charlottetown, PEI

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