Ford Reaches Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25 Quarters

SKIP
Katie
Ford

Third
Emily
Middaugh

Second
Madison
Fisher

Lead
Kelly
Middaugh

Katie Ford (Waterloo, ON) qualified for the Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25 playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-4 against Serena Gray-Withers (Edmonton, AB). of the Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25 in Beaumont, Alberta, Canada;

Ford finished 2-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ford defeated Taylor Sanderman (Airdrie, AB) 7-3, then won 9-5 against Mahra Harris (Victoria, BC). Ford went on to lose 5-3 against Yuina Miura (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Ford earned 8.100 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 68th place overall with 34.755 total points. Ford ranks 68th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.150 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	13	19	0	0.406	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	244	159	183	6.52	7.50	-0.98	4.14	4.63	1.57	1.62	1.23

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	134	112	79	18	3-1	6-6	24-14	0.84	0.59	0.28	0.37

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	110	47	104	12	0-3	2-4	8-24	0.43	0.95	0.51	0.32

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