CHAMPION: Jones Wins 2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Jennifer
Jones

Third
Karlee
Burgess

Second
Emily
Zacharias

Lead
Lauren
Lenentine

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	7.78
PA/G:	6.11
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.68
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) won 7-4 over Kaitlyn Lawes (Winnipeg , MB) in the Final of the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1, held October 17 - 21, 2023 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Jones won 7-5 over Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the semifinals of the 2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Niagara Falls, Ontario; and won 7-4 over Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 in Niagara Falls, Ontario;

Jones finished 2-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jones defeated Seungyoun Ha (Chuncheon, KOR) 6-5, then went on to lose 6-4 against Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON). Jones responded with a 6-2 win over Kate Cameron (Winnipeg, MB). Jones went on to lose 7-5 against Hasselborg in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 Championship title, Jones earned 75.000 world rankings points along with the $28,000CDN first prize cheque. Jones move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 39 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 6th overall with 307.563 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Jones ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 127.563 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	44	29	0	0.603	13-3	9-8	3-4	1-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	561	466	373	8.31	6.65	1.66	4.72	4.47	1.76	1.49	0.80

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	272	353	77	21	7-1	26-2	84-13	1.30	0.28	0.47	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	289	113	296	24	4-3	6-13	18-66	0.39	1.02	0.58	0.25

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

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