CHAMPION: Larouche Wins 2011 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts

Marie-France Larouche (Levis, PQ) won 8-7 over Chantal Osborne (Thurso, PQ) in the Final of the Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts, held January 30 - February 6, 2011 in Gatineau, Quebec.

Larouche finished 7-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Larouche defeated Sian Canavan (Montreal, PQ) 16-4, then won 13-5 against Laura Thomas (Montreal, PQ) and 9-3 against Helene Pelchat (Quebec, PQ). Larouche won 7-2 against Julie Hamel (Chicoutimi, PQ). Larouche went on to lose 8-6 against Osborne. Larouche responded with a 9-2 win over Kimberly Mastine (Lacolle, PQ). Larouche went on to lose 8-5 against Marie-Christine Cantin (Levis, PQ). Larouche responded with a 6-5 win over Eve Belisle (Montreal, PQ). Larouche won 10-1 against Joêlle Belley (Montreal, PQ) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts Championship title, Larouche earned 4.000 world rankings points. For week 22 of the event schedule, Larouche did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Larouche ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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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