Thurston Reaches 2011 MNP Charity Classic Quarters

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Jill
Thurston

Third
Kerri
Einarson

Second
Kendra
Georges

Lead
Sarah
Pyke

Games:	8
Record:	5W - 3L
PF/G:	7.35
PA/G:	7.14
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.42
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Jill Thurston (Winnipeg, MB) qualified for the 2011 MNP Charity Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-4 against Crystal Webster (Calgary, AB).

Thurston finished 5-2 in the 32 team MNP Charity Classic qualifying round, held October 14 - 17, 2011 at the Medicine Hat Curling Club in , Canada. In their opening game, Thurston lost 7-0 to Shana Snell (Calgary, AB), then responded with a 7-4 win over Vanessa Pouliot (Edmonton, AB). Thurston won 7-1 against Jennifer Wickenheiser (Medicine Hatt, AB), then won 5-4 against Allison MacInnes (Kamloops, BC) and 5-4 against Satsuki Fujisawa (nagano, JPN). Thurston went on to lose 7-0 against Bingyu Wang (Harbin, CHN). Thurston responded with a 8-2 win over Diane Foster (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Thurston earned 4.875 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the MNP Charity Classic, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 36th place overall with 35.417 total points. Thurston ranks 48th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.875 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2012	5	3	0	0.625	3-0	1-1	2-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2012	49	36	35	7.35	7.14	0.20	3.88	4.69	1.89	1.52	1.43

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2012	26	22	18	3	0-0	2-0	6-7	0.85	0.69	0.35	0.42

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2012	23	14	17	4	0-0	3-0	1-5	0.61	0.74	0.58	0.30

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