CHAMPION: Black Wins Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic

Halifax, Nova Scotia

SKIP
Christina
Black

Third
Jill
Brothers

Second
Jenn
Baxter

Lead
Karlee
Everist

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	8.98
PA/G:	6.10
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

Christina Black (Halifax, NS) won 6-5 over Danielle Inglis (Ottawa, ON) in the Final of the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic, held November 12 - 16 at the Halifax Curling Club in Halifax, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Black won 6-4 over Andrea Kelly (Fredericton, NB) in the semifinals of the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; and won 7-1 over Cassidy Blades (Halifax, NS) in the quarterfinals. of the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada;

Black finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Black defeated Brooke Godsland (St. John's, NL) 9-3, then went on to lose 10-5 against Taylour Stevens (Halifax, NS). Black responded with a 8-4 win over Rebecca Regan (Lower Sackville, NS). Black won 7-6 against Melissa Adams (Fredericton, NB), then won 5-3 against Tanya Hilliard (Halifax, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic Championship title, Black earned 22.500 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN first prize cheque. Black move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of -0.5 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 27th overall with 120.363 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Black ranks 41st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 51.363 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	23	23	0	0.500	1-4	1-3	0-0	0-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	362	251	262	6.93	7.24	-0.30	4.64	4.59	1.49	1.58	0.77

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	185	181	76	12	1-1	8-3	45-11	0.98	0.41	0.31	0.30

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	177	70	186	16	0-5	4-9	11-41	0.40	1.05	0.50	0.29

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