Thurston Runner-Up at 2014 Canad Inns Women's Classic

SKIP
Jill
Thurston

Third
Brette
Richards

Second
Briane
Harris

Lead
Blaine
DeJager

Jill Thurston (Winnipeg, MB) lost 9-4 to Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Canad Inns Women's Classic, held October 24 - 27, 2014 at the Portage Curling Club in Portage La Prairie, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Thurston won 10-5 over Margaretha Sigfridsson (Skelleftea, SWE) in the semifinals of the 2014 Canad Inns Women's Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada; and won 6-5 over Michelle Englot (Regina, SK) in the quarterfinals.

Thurston finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Thurston defeated Val Sweeting (Edmonton, AB) 5-4, then won 6-2 against Ayumi Ogasawara (Sapporo, JPN) and 6-5 against Nina Roth (Blaine, USA) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Canad Inns Women's Classic, Thurston take home 22.500 world rankings points along with the $10,300CDN prize, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 16th place overall with 66.025 total points. Thurston ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 44.150 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

2019: Elena Stern
Briar Schwaller, Elena Stern, Lisa Gisler, Celine Koller
Oberwallis, SUI
2018: Chelsea Carey
Chelsea Carey, Sarah Wilkes, Dana Ferguson, Breanne Knapp
Edmonton, AB
2017: Nina Roth
Nina Roth, Tabitha Peterson, Aileen Geving, Rebecca Hamilton
Blaine, USA
2016: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2015: EunJung Kim
Eunjung Kim, Kyeongae Kim, Seonyeong Kim, Yeongmi Kim, MinJung Kim
Uiseong, KOR
2014: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2012: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Sherry Anderson, Sherri Singler, Marliese Kasner
Saskatoon, SK
2011: Renee Sonnenberg
Renee Sonnenberg, Lawnie MacDonald, Kristie Moore, Rona Pasika
Grande Prairie, AB
2010: Chelsea Carey
Chelsea Carey, Kristy McDonald, Kristen Foster, Lindsay Warkentin
Winnipeg, MB
2008: Michelle Englot
Chelsea Carey, Kristy McDonald, Kristen Foster, Lindsay Warkentin
Regina, SK
2007: Shannon Kleibrink
Chelsea Carey, Kristy McDonald, Kristen Foster, Lindsay Warkentin
Calgary, AB
2006: Sherry Anderson
Sherry Anderson, Kim Hodson, Heather Walsh, Donna Gignac
Delisle, SK
2005: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Georgina Wheatcroft
Winnipeg, MB
2004: Cheryl Bernard
Cheryl Bernard, Susan O'Connor , Jody McNabb, Karen Ruus
Calgary, AB

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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