Varnes Into Moosehead Fall Open Semifinals

SKIP
Rhonda
Varnes

Third
Tanya
Rodrigues

Second
Nicol
McNiven

Lead
Breanne
Merklinger

Rhonda Varnes (Ottawa, ON) reaches the Moosehead Fall Open semifinals where they will meet Lauren Mann (Ottawa, ON) for a spot into the championship game. of the Moosehead Fall Open in Ottawa, Ontario; Varnes advanced through the quarterfinals with a 1-0 win over Katie Morrissey (Ottawa, ON). of the 2012 Moosehead Fall Open in Ottawa, Ontario;

Varnes finished 2-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Varnes lost 5-4 to Cheryl McBain (Ottawa, ON), then responded with a 8-0 win over Laura Payne (Ottawa, ON). Varnes won 5-3 against Lauren Horton (Ottawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Varnes earned 1.250 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Moosehead Fall Open, moving up 189 spots the World Ranking Standings into 154th place overall with 1.250 total points. Varnes ranks 54th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.250 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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