Tirinzoni Reaches 2019 Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 1 Quarters

Fourth
Alina
Paetz

SKIP
Silvana
Tirinzoni

Second
Esther
Neuenschwander

Lead
Melanie
Barbezat

Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) qualified for the 2019 Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 1 playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-5 against Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, MB).

Tirinzoni finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tirinzoni defeated Robyn Silvernagle (North Battleford, SK) 4-2, then won 8-1 against Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) and 9-1 against Amber Holland (Lethbridge, AB). Tirinzoni won 7-6 against Elena Stern (Oberwallis, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

Tirinzoni earned 32.783 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 1. For week 16 of the event schedule, Tirinzoni did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 2nd to 3rd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 550.247 total points. Tirinzoni ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 217.373 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

2023: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Karlee Burgess, Emily Zacharias, Lauren Lenentine
Winnipeg, MB
2022: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes
Ottawa, ON
2019: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2018: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2017: Val Sweeting
Val Sweeting, Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson, Rachel Brown
Edmonton, AB
2016: Val Sweeting
Val Sweeting, Lori Olson-Johns, Dana Ferguson, Rachel Brown
Edmonton, AB
2015: Silvana Tirinzoni
Silvana Tirinzoni, Manuela Siegrist, Esther Neuenschwander, Marlene Albrecht
Aarau PwC, SUI

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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