Backe Reaches 2012 Vancouver Island Shootout Quarters

Fourth
Sarah
Wark

SKIP
Nicole
Backe

Second
Kesa
Van Osch

Lead
Janelle
Erwin

Nicole Backe (Nanaimo, BC) qualified for the 2012 Vancouver Island Shootout playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 9-4 against Heather Jensen (Airdrie, AB). of the 2012 Vancouver Island Shootout in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada;

Backe finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Backe defeated Penny Shantz (Vernon, BC) 7-3, then won 7-5 against Jensen. Backe went on to lose 10-6 against Ayumi Ogasawara (Kariuzawa, JPN). Backe responded with a 10-4 win over Brandi Tinkler (Victoria, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Backe earned 0.750 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Vancouver Island Shootout. For week 13 of the event schedule, Backe did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Backe 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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