CHAMPION: Kim Wins 2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2

Gangneung, Korea

SKIP
Eunjung
Kim

Third
Kyeongae
Kim

Second
Chohi
Kim

Lead
Seonyeong
Kim

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	9.80
PA/G:	4.80
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.42

Eunjung Kim (Gangneung, KOR) won 7-4 over Madeleine Dupont (Hvidovre, DEN) in the Final of the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2, held October 17 - 21, 2023 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Kim won 10-4 over Danielle Inglis (Ottawa, ON) in the semifinals of the 2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Niagara Falls, Ontario; and won 5-2 over Sarah Anderson (Minneapolis, MN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Niagara Falls, Ontario;

Kim finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kim lost 8-4 to Dupont, then responded with a 5-2 win over Isabelle Ladouceur (Whitby, ON). Kim won 10-3 against Corrie Huerlimann (Zug, SUI), then won 8-1 against Nancy Martin (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2 Championship title, Kim earned 41.250 world rankings points along with the $10,750CDN first prize cheque. Kim move up 6 spots after posting a net gain of 26.453 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 12th overall with 196.984 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kim ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 123.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	72	26	0	0.735	24-6	8-5	5-5	1-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	752	643	402	8.55	5.35	3.20	4.77	3.78	1.79	1.42	1.45

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	372	458	88	55	20-0	30-2	91-13	1.23	0.24	0.44	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	380	185	314	54	7-2	10-20	28-55	0.49	0.83	0.64	0.30

2024: Christina Black
Christina Black, Jill Brothers, Jenn Baxter, Karlee Everist, Marlee Powers
Halifax, NS
2023: Eunjung Kim
Eunjung Kim, Kyeongae Kim, Chohi Kim, Seonyeong Kim, Yeongmi Kim, Myungsup Lim
Gangneung, KOR
2022: Clancy Grandy
Clancy Grandy, Kayla MacMillan, Lindsay Dubue, Sarah Loken
Vancouver, BC
2019: Min Ji Kim
Min Ji Kim, Seungyoun Ha, Hyerin Kim, Taei Yang
Chuncheon, KOR
2018: Elena Stern
Briar Schwaller, Elena Stern, Lisa Gisler, Celine Koller
Oberwallis , SUI
2017: Kerri Einarson
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Winnipeg, MB
2016: Jacqueline Harrison
Jacqueline Harrison, Janet Murphy, Stephanie Matheson, Melissa Foster, Nicole Westlund Stewart
Mississauga, ON
2015: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish
Winnipeg, MB

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