CHAMPION: Williams Wins 2025 Pan-Continental Championships -- B-Division

SKIP
Helen
Williams

Third
Sara
Westman

Second
Karen
Titheridge

Lead
Kristen
Tsourlenes

Helen Williams (Sydney, AUS) won 11-4 over Margot Shepherd-Spurgeon (Kingston, JAM) in the Final of the Pan-Continental Championships -- B-Division, held October 27 - November 2, 2024 in Lacombe, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Williams won 11-6 over Kathleen Dubberstein (Manilla, PHI) in the semifinals

Williams finished 6-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Williams defeated Tilsimay Alliyarova (Almaty, KAZ) 8-5, then went on to lose 6-4 against Dubberstein. Williams responded with a 5-4 win over Shepherd-Spurgeon. Williams won 9-1 against Ling-Yue Hung (Hong Kong, HKG), then won 13-1 against Laventer Oguta (Nairobi, KEN) and 11-3 against Isis Regadas (Sao Paolo, BRA). Williams won 9-1 against Jasmin Hashi (Accra, NGR) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Pan-Continental Championships -- B-Division Championship title, Williams earned 3.750 world rankings points. For week 14 of the event schedule, Williams did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Williams 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

2025: Kathleen Dubberstein
Kathleen Dubberstein, Leilani Dubberstein, Jessica Byers, Lindsey Schmalz
Manila, PHI
2024: Helen Williams
Helen Williams, Sara Westman, Karen Titheridge, Kristen Tsourlenes, Michelle Fredericks-Armstrong, Dustin Armstrong
Sydney, AUS
2023: Yu Han
Yu Han, Meini Wang, Linyuan Tian, Jiaxin Yu, Rui Wang, Xiao Ming Xu
Beijing, CHN
2022: Heidi Lin
Heidi Lin, Amanda Chou, Stephanie Lee, I-Ling Liu, Shar-Yin Huang
, TPE

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