CHAMPION: Birchard Wins 2015 Fort Rouge Ladies Classic

SKIP
Shannon
Birchard

Third
Nicole
Sigvaldason

Second
Sheyna
Andries

Lead
Mariah
Mondor

Shannon Birchard (Winnipeg, MB) won 7-3 over Jennifer Clark-Rouire (Winnipeg , MB) in the Final of the Fort Rouge Ladies Classic, held October 30 - November 1, 2015 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. To advance to the championship game, Birchard won 7-6 over Kim Link (East St. Paul, MB) in the semifinals of the 2015 Fort Rouge Ladies Classic in Winnipeg, Manitoba; and won 7-4 over Joelle Brown (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals.

Birchard finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birchard defeated Darcy Robertson (Winnipeg, MB) 8-5, then won 5-1 against Tina Kozak (Winnipeg, MB) and 5-4 against Meaghan Brezden (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Fort Rouge Ladies Classic Championship title, Birchard earned 19.645 world rankings points along with the $1,400CDN first prize cheque, moving up 38 spots the World Ranking Standings into 78th place overall with 32.413 total points. Birchard ranks 53rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 32.413 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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