Bouchard/Charest Reaches 2023 Omnium Services Financiers Richard April Semifinals

Veronique Bouchard/Jean-Francois Charest (Chicoutimi, QC) run at the 2023 Omnium Services Financiers Richard April came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-3 loss to Ying Yang/Jiafeng Tian (Beijing, CHN). of the 2023 Omnium Services Financiers Richard April in Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec; Bouchard/Charest advanced through the quarterfinals with a 9-8 win over Laurie St-Georges/Felix Asselin (Montreal, QC). of the 2023 Omnium Services Financiers Richard April in Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec;

Bouchard/Charest finished 1-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bouchard/Charest lost 9-2 to Marie-Claude Comeau/Simon Hebert (Valleyfield, MTL), then responded with a 5-4 win over Melissa Adams/Alex Robichaud (Moncton, NB). Bouchard/Charest went on to lose 9-5 against Ziqi Dong/Xiu Yue Ma (Beijing, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.

Bouchard/Charest earned 12.750 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Omnium Services Financiers Richard April, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 79.902 total points. Bouchard/Charest ranks 28th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 26.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	12	15	0	0.444	1-0	0-6	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	191	160	170	8.38	8.90	-0.52	4.76	5.24	1.76	1.70	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	100	117	60	0	5-1	12-2	15-11	1.17	0.60	0.32	0.42

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	91	43	110	0	1-4	1-12	5-15	0.47	1.21	0.47	0.36

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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