CHAMPION: Smith Wins 2024 Nova Scotia Scotties

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Fourth
Jill
Brothers

SKIP
Heather
Smith

Second
Marie
Christianson

Lead
Erin
Carmody

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	7.23
PA/G:	3.54
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	1.00
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Heather Smith (Halifax, NS) won 5-4 over Christina Black (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the Nova Scotia Scotties, held January 17 - 21, 2024 at the Halifax Curling Club in Halifax, Canada.

Smith finished 4-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith lost 6-5 to Jocelyn Adams-Moss (Halifax, NS), then responded with a 10-2 win over Mackenzie Mitchell (Halifax, NS). Smith won 7-2 against Kristen MacDiarmid (Halifax, NS), then won 5-3 against Tanya Hilliard (Dartmouth, NS) and 8-3 against Jessica Daigle (Halifax, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Nova Scotia Scotties Championship title, Smith earned 11.250 world rankings points. For week 26 of the event schedule, Smith did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Smith ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

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