CHAMPION: Einarson Wins 2022 WFG Masters

SKIP
Kerri
Einarson

Third
Val
Sweeting

Second
Shannon
Birchard

Lead
Briane
Harris

Kerri Einarson (Gimli, MB) won 6-5 over Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) in the Final of the WFG Masters, held December 6 - 11, 2022 in Oakville, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Einarson won 8-3 over Tabitha Peterson (Chaska, MN) in the semifinals of the 2022 WFG Masters in Oakville, Ontario; and won 5-4 over Chelsea Carey (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals.

Einarson finished 4-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Einarson defeated Eunjung Kim (Gangneung , KOR) 8-6, then won 8-5 against Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) and 8-4 against Clancy Grandy (Vancouver, BC). Einarson won 8-5 against Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the WFG Masters Championship title, Einarson earned 75.000 world rankings points along with the $35,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 1st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 26.246 after improving upon their best so far this season. Einarson ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 226.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	64	26	0	0.711	23-3	11-8	6-4	5-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	733	641	455	8.74	6.21	2.54	4.99	4.11	1.75	1.51	0.90

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	353	462	82	34	12-4	29-1	107-5	1.31	0.23	0.46	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	380	179	373	32	5-7	12-20	29-73	0.47	0.98	0.58	0.29

2023: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes , Ryan Fry
Ottawa, ON
2022: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane Harris
Gimli, MB
2021: Tracy Fleury
Tracy Fleury, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish
East St. Paul, MB
2019: Tracy Fleury
Tracy Fleury, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish
East St. Paul, MB
2018: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2017: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Alli Flaxey
Alli Flaxey, Clancy Grandy, Lynn Kreviazuk, Morgan Lavell
Caledon, ON
2015: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2014: Val Sweeting
Val Sweeting, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Dana Ferguson, Rachel Brown
Edmonton, AB
2013: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk, Lisa Weagle , Earle Morris
Ottawa, ON
2012: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON

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