CHAMPION: Einarson Wins Saville Grand Prix

Gimli, Manitoba

SKIP
Kerri
Einarson

Third
Val
Sweeting

Second
Shannon
Birchard

Lead
Krysten
Karwacki

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	9.00
PA/G:	4.80
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Kerri Einarson (Gimli, MB) won 6-5 over Seungyoun Ha (Chuncheon, KOR) in the Final of the Saville Grand Prix, held November 1 - 3 at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Einarson won 7-2 over Kaitlyn Lawes (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the Saville Grand Prix in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and won 7-5 over Myla Plett (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the Saville Grand Prix in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Einarson finished 3-1 in the 22-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Einarson defeated Kate Cameron (St. Adolphe, MB) 7-6, then won 7-1 against Kayla MacMillan (Victoria, BC). Einarson went on to lose 5-3 against Plett. Einarson responded with a 8-0 win over Lawes in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Saville Grand Prix Championship title, Einarson earned 52.500 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 14 of the event schedule, Einarson did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Einarson ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

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