CHAMPION: Larouche Wins 2016 Experience Curling Classic

SKIP
Marie-France
Larouche

Third
Brenda
Nicholls

Second
Annie
Lemay

Lead
Julie
Rainville

Marie-France Larouche (Levis, QC) won 7-6 over Eve Belisle (Montreal, QC) in the Final of the Experience Curling Classic, held November 30 - December 4, 2016 at the Baie d'Urfé Curling Club in Baie d'Urfé, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Larouche won 7-2 over Erin Morrissey (Ottawa, ON) in the semifinals of the 2016 Experience Curling Classic in Baie d'Urfé, Quebec, Canada; and won 5-4 over Helene Pelchat (Valleyfield, QC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Experience Curling Classic in Baie d'Urfé, Quebec, Canada;

Larouche finished 2-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Larouche defeated Catherine Derick (Buckingham, QC) 10-4, then won 7-3 against Cassandra Lewin (Ottawa, ON). Larouche went on to lose 7-3 against Roxane Perron (Quebec, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Experience Curling Classic Championship title, Larouche earned 12.425 world rankings points along with the $1,200CDN first prize cheque, moving up 7 spots the World Ranking Standings into 58th place overall with 92.319 total points. Larouche ranks 62nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 42.123 points earned so far this season.

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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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