CHAMPION: Homan Wins 2022 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1

Ottawa, Ontario

SKIP
Rachel
Homan

Third
Tracy
Fleury

Second
Emma
Miskew

Lead
Sarah
Wilkes

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	9.80
PA/G:	6.86
Hammer Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Efficiency:	0.17

Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) won 8-4 over Kerri Einarson (Gimli, MB) in the Final of the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1, held October 18 - 23, 2022 in Grande Prairie, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Homan won 10-6 over Isabella Wrana (Sundbyberg , SWE) in the semifinals of the 2022 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Grande Prairie, Alberta; and won 9-6 over Kaitlyn Lawes (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Grande Prairie, Alberta;

Homan finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Homan defeated Eun ji Gim (Uijeongbu, KOR) 5-4, then won 6-3 against Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER) and 7-3 against Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB). Homan went on to lose 9-5 against Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 Championship title, Homan earned 67.500 world rankings points along with the $30,000CDN first prize cheque. Homan move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 65.625 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 3rd overall with 311.024 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Homan ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 133.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	53	17	0	0.757	18-4	10-5	4-4	0-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	537	454	336	8.45	6.26	2.20	4.75	4.28	1.78	1.46	0.97

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	277	360	81	31	10-2	34-5	70-9	1.30	0.29	0.46	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	260	94	255	21	3-1	4-15	12-48	0.36	0.98	0.63	0.25

2024: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Dawn McEwen, Krysten Karwacki
Gimli, MB
2023: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Karlee Burgess, Emily Zacharias, Lauren Lenentine
Winnipeg, MB
2022: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes
Ottawa, ON
2019: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2018: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2017: Val Sweeting
Val Sweeting, Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson, Rachel Brown
Edmonton, AB
2016: Val Sweeting
Val Sweeting, Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson, Rachel Brown
Edmonton, AB
2015: Silvana Tirinzoni
Silvana Tirinzoni, Manuela Siegrist, Esther Neuenschwander, Marlene Albrecht
Aarau PwC, SUI

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