Ford Reaches Swiss Chalet Womens Curling Stadium Spiel Quarters

SKIP
Katie
Ford

Third
Emily
Middaugh

Second
Madison
Fisher

Lead
Kelly
Middaugh

Katie Ford (Waterloo, ON) qualified for the Swiss Chalet Womens Curling Stadium Spiel playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-2 against Hailey Armstrong (Whitby, ON).

Ford finished 2-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ford lost 7-1 to Abby Deschene (North Bay, NO), then responded with a 9-4 win over Emilie Lovitt (Navan, ON). Ford went on to lose 5-3 against Laurie St-Georges (Laval, QC). Ford responded with a 8-5 win over JoAnne Forget (North Bay, NO) in their final qualifying round match.

Ford earned 5.850 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Swiss Chalet Womens Curling Stadium Spiel. Ford gained 4.65 points improving upon their best 4 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 69thplace overall with 36.909 total points. Ford ranks 73rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 21.225 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	13	19	0	0.406	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	244	159	183	6.52	7.50	-0.98	4.14	4.63	1.57	1.62	1.23

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	134	112	79	18	3-1	6-6	24-14	0.84	0.59	0.28	0.37

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	110	47	104	12	0-3	2-4	8-24	0.43	0.95	0.51	0.32

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