CHAMPION: Morrison Wins 2023 Scottish Curling Championships

Stirling, Scotland

SKIP
Rebecca
Morrison

Third
Gina
Aitken

Second
Sophie
Sinclair

Lead
Sophie
Jackson

Games:	8
Record:	8W - 0L
PF/G:	11.03
PA/G:	3.45
Hammer Efficiency:	0.79
Steal Defense:	0.00
Force Efficiency:	0.89
Steal Efficiency:	0.43

Rebecca Morrison (Stirling, SCO) won 8-3 over Lesley Young (Stirling, SCO) in the Final of the Scottish Curling Championships, held February 6 - 12, 2023 at the Dumfries Ice Bowl in Dumfries, Scotland.

Morrison finished 7-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Morrison defeated Lucy Blair (Stirling, SCO) 9-4, then won 7-2 against Jodi Bass (Dumfries, SCO) and 7-1 against Beth Farmer (Stirling, SCO). Morrison won 6-1 against Amy Mitchell (Greenacres, SCO), then won 8-3 against Fay Henderson (Dumfries, SCO) and 11-5 against Young. Morrison won 8-1 against Emma Barr (Stirling, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Scottish Curling Championships Championship title, Morrison earned 22.500 world rankings points. Morrison move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 17.25 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 23rd overall with 135.979 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Morrison ranks 20th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 128.625 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	45	33	0	0.577	11-5	10-12	6-8	0-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	604	486	395	8.05	6.54	1.51	4.88	4.26	1.65	1.54	0.86

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	293	341	82	33	7-0	25-5	72-9	1.16	0.28	0.40	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	311	145	313	19	4-5	4-20	27-64	0.47	1.01	0.54	0.32

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