Despins Runner-Up at 2024 Duluth Cash Spiel

Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario

SKIP
Robyn
Despins

Third
Nicole
Westlund Stewart

Second
Samantha
Morris

Lead
Rebecca
Carr

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	8.91
PA/G:	7.39
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.29
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Robyn Despins (Thunder Bay, NO) lost 5-3 to Courtney Benson (Duluth, MN) in the Final of the Duluth Cash Spiel, held December 20 - 22, 2024 at the Duluth Curling Club in Duluth, United States. To advance to the championship game, Despins won 6-4 over Rachel Workin (Fargo, ND) in the semifinals of the 2024 Duluth Cash Spiel in Duluth, Minnesota, United States; and won 9-4 over Allory Johnson (Blaine, MN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 Duluth Cash Spiel in Duluth, Minnesota, United States;

Despins finished 3-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Despins defeated Tabitha Peterson (St. Paul, MN) 9-5, then went on to lose 11-0 against Workin. Despins responded with a 7-1 win over Rachel Kawleski (Fargo, ND). Despins won 7-4 against Benson in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Duluth Cash Spiel, Despins take home 11.000 world rankings points along with the $2,872CDN prize, moving up 52 spots the World Ranking Standings into 112th place overall with 17.047 total points. Despins ranks 99th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 16.625 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	1	4	0	0.200	0-3	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	37	24	31	6.49	8.38	-1.89	4.32	5.14	1.50	1.63	0.54

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	20	21	9	1	0-0	2-1	4-1	1.05	0.45	0.32	0.30

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	17	3	22	1	0-0	0-2	0-5	0.18	1.29	0.46	0.18

2024: Courtney Benson
Aileen Geving, Courtney Benson, Lexi Daly, Sara Olson
Duluth, MN
2016: Nina Roth
Nina Roth, Tabitha Peterson, Aileen Geving, Rebecca Hamilton
Blaine, USA
2015: Krista Scharf
Krista Scharf, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts, Oye-Sem Won Briand
Thunder Bay, NO
2014: Cory Thiesse
Cory Thiesse, Sarah Anderson, Taylor Anderson-Heide, Jenna Martin, Mackenzie Lank
Blaine, USA
2013: Jenna Martin
Jenna Martin, Erin Wallace, Grace Gabower, Brittany Falk
, WI
2012: Krista Scharf
Krista Scharf, Ashley Sippala, Kari Lavoie, Sarah Potts
, ON
2011: Rebecca Hamilton
Rebecca Hamilton, Tara Peterson, Karlie Koenig, Sophie Bader
Madison, WI
2010: Krista Scharf
Krista Scharf, Ashley Sippala, Kari Lavoie, Sarah Potts
Thunder Bay, ON
2008: Krista Scharf
Krista Scharf, Ashley Sippala, Kari Lavoie, Sarah Potts
Thunder Bay, ON
2007: Patti Lank
Krista Scharf, Ashley Sippala, Kari Lavoie, Sarah Potts
New York, USA
2006: Aileen Geving
Aileen Geving, Courtney Benson, Molly Bonner, Jordan Moulton
Duluth, MN
2005: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Georgina Wheatcroft
Winnipeg, MB
2004: Patti Lank
Patti Lank, Erika Brown, Nicole Joraanstad, Natalie Nicholson
Niagara Falls, NY

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