CHAMPION: Tirinzoni Wins 2023 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic

Aarau, Switzerland

Fourth
Alina
Paetz

SKIP
Silvana
Tirinzoni

Second
Selina
Witschonke

Lead
Carole
Howald

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	9.50
PA/G:	3.75
Hammer Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.90
Steal Efficiency:	0.45

Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) won 5-3 over Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic, held November 1 - 5, 2023 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Tirinzoni won 7-3 over Stefania Constantini (Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA) to advance to the championship game. of the 2023 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia; of the 2023 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia;

Tirinzoni finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tirinzoni defeated Tanya Hilliard (Halifax, NS) 8-2, then won 7-2 against Jocelyn Adams (Halifax, NS) and 6-1 against Isabelle Ladouceur (Whitby, ON). Tirinzoni won 5-4 against Christina Black (Halifax, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic Championship title, Tirinzoni earned 37.500 world rankings points along with the $7,500CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 1st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 16.5 after improving upon their best so far this season. Tirinzoni ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 146.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	85	17	0	0.833	29-3	17-2	8-2	2-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	760	664	386	8.74	5.08	3.66	4.95	3.67	1.77	1.38	1.38

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	365	494	44	61	19-0	34-1	94-4	1.35	0.12	0.48	0.10

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	395	170	342	44	4-6	11-13	25-55	0.43	0.87	0.69	0.28

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Charlottetown, PEI

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