CHAMPION: Galusha Wins 2021 KW Fall Classic

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

SKIP
Kerry
Galusha

Third
Jo-Ann
Rizzo

Second
Margot
Flemming

Lead
Sarah
Koltun

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	11.70
PA/G:	5.53
Hammer Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.50

Kerry Galusha (Yellowknife, NT) won 13-7 over Hollie Duncan (Woodstock, ON) in the Final of the KW Fall Classic, held September 16 - 19, 2021 at the K-W Granite Club in Waterloo, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Galusha won 8-2 over Isabelle Ladouceur (Sudbury, NONT) in the semifinals of the 2021 KW Fall Classic in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; and won 5-3 over Danielle Inglis (Mississauga, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 KW Fall Classic in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada;

Galusha finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Galusha defeated Heather Heggestad (Thornhill, ON) 6-4, then won 10-0 against Inglis. Galusha went on to lose 8-7 against Parker Doig (Seaforth, ON). Galusha responded with a 6-2 win over Kaitlin Jewer (Ontario, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the KW Fall Classic Championship title, Galusha earned 31.778 world rankings points along with the $3,200CDN first prize cheque, moving up 12 spots the World Ranking Standings into 22nd place overall with 95.509 total points. Galusha ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 55.515 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: Breanna Rozon
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Oshawa, ON
2023: Krista McCarville
Krista McCarville, Andrea Kelly, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts, Rick Lang
Thunder Bay, NO
2022: Ikue Kitazawa
Ikue Kitazawa, Seina Nakajima, Minori Suzuki, Hasumi Ishigooka
Nagano, JPN
2021: Kerry Galusha
Kerry Galusha, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Margot Flemming, Sarah Koltun, Megan Koehler, Shona Barbour
Yellowknife, NT
2020: Susan Froud
Susan Froud, Kristina Brauch, Kaelyn Gregory, Karen Rowsell, Katie McLaughlin
Alliston, ON
2019: Eun ji Gim
Eun ji Gim, Min-Ji Um, Su ji Kim, Ye eun Seol, Ye ji Seol
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2018: Krista McCarville
Krista McCarville, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts
Thunder Bay, ON
2017: Julie Tippin
Julie Tippin, Chantal Duhaime, Rachelle Strybosch, Tess Guyatt
, ON
2016: Sherry Middaugh
Sherry Middaugh, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Lee Merklinger, Leigh Armstrong, Kimberly Tuck
, ON
2015: Alli Flaxey
Alli Flaxey, Clancy Grandy, Lynn Kreviazuk, Morgan Lavell
, ON
2014: Julie Hastings
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Toronto, ON
2013: Julie Hastings
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Toronto, ON
2012: Erika Brown
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Madison, WI
2011: Julie Hastings
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Toronto, ON
2010: Kathy Brown
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2009: Julie Hastings
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Toronto, ON
2008: Carrie Delahunt
Julie Hastings, Christy Trombley, Stacey Smith, Katrina Sale
Toronto, ON

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