CHAMPION: Homan Wins 2023 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup

Ottawa, Ontario

SKIP
Rachel
Homan

Third
Tracy
Fleury

Second
Emma
Miskew

Lead
Sarah
Wilkes

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	8.62
PA/G:	7.76
Hammer Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Defense:	0.28
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) won 6-5 over Kerri Einarson (Gimli, MB) in the Final of the KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup, held May 2 - 7, 2023 in Regina, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Homan won 9-2 over Tabitha Peterson (Chaska, MN) in the semifinals of the 2023 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup in Regina, Saskatchewan; and won 7-6 over Sara McManus (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup in Regina, Saskatchewan;

Homan finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Homan defeated Peterson 7-4, then went on to lose 10-0 against Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB). Homan lost 10-8 to McManus where Homan responded with a 6-3 win over Marianne Roervik (Oslo, NOR). Homan won 7-5 against Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the KIOTI Tractor Champions Cup Championship title, Homan earned 67.500 world rankings points along with the $30,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 3rd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 37.5 after improving upon their best so far this season. Homan ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 368.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	53	17	0	0.757	18-4	10-5	4-4	0-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	537	454	336	8.45	6.26	2.20	4.75	4.28	1.78	1.46	0.97

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	277	360	81	31	10-2	34-5	70-9	1.30	0.29	0.46	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	260	94	255	21	3-1	4-15	12-48	0.36	0.98	0.63	0.25

2023: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes
Ottawa, ON
2022: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane Harris
Gimli, MB
2021: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes, Joanne Courtney, Laura Walker, Randy Ferbey
Ottawa, ON
2019: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Esther Neuenschwander, Melanie Barbezat , Peter Gallant
Aarau, SUI
2018: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2017: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2016: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB

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