The reigning world champions, Team Silvana Tirinzoni, closed out the GSOC season with a Champions Cup women’s title. JonathanBrazeau has the latest:
SASKATOON — Team Silvana Tirinzoni closed out the Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling season capturing the Humpty’s Champions Cup women’s title.
The reigning world champions from Switzerland scored a 6-3 victory over Team Kerri Einarson in Sunday’s final at Merlis Belsher Place. It also proved to be the third time as the charm for the foursome of Tirinzoni, fourth Alina Paetz, second Esther Neuenschwander and lead Melanie Barbezat as they competed in their third Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling final of 2018-19, their first season together.
Tirinzoni banked $40,000 of the $250,000 total purse plus a berth into the Humpty’s Champions Cup next season to defend the title. Earlier Sunday, Edmonton’s Team Brendan Bottcher clipped Calgary’s Team Kevin Koe 6-5 for the men’s title and a third consecutive Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling championship.The Humpty’s Champions Cup was the seventh and final Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling event of the season. Teams had to win a top tour event in order to qualify for the event. … A new rule was being tested at the event where teams could not perform tick shots on rocks sitting on the centre line during the eighth and extra ends.
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