Pitts5-1 at 2024 New Zealand Junior National Championships

SKIP
Rachael
Pitts

Third
Ella
Williams

Second
Caitlin
Elkins

Lead
Talika
Chalmers

Rachael Pitts (Naseby, NZL) finished 5-1 in the 4-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pitts defeated Tahlia Peterson (Naseby, NZL) 9-7, then won 10-2 against Davina Du (Dunedin, NZL) and 9-5 against Ruby Kinney (Naseby, NZL). Pitts won 10-7 against Peterson, then won 8-3 against Du. Pitts went on to lose 8-6 against Kinney in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the New Zealand Junior National Championships, Pitts take home 2.750 world rankings points, moving up 183 spots the World Ranking Standings into 217th place overall with 2.750 total points. Pitts ranks 46th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.750 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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