CHAMPION: Birt Wins 2018 WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic

SKIP
Suzanne
Birt

Third
Marie
Christianson

Second
Meaghan
Hughes

Lead
Michelle
Shea

Suzanne Birt (Charlottetown, PEI) won 6-4 over Andrea Crawford (Fredericton, NB) in the Final of the WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic, held December 7 - 9, 2018 at the Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club in Saint John, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Birt won 8-6 over Veronica Smith (Charlottetown, PEI) in the semifinals of the 2018 WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada; and won 6-4 over Cathlia Ward (St. John's, NL) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada;

Birt finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birt defeated Justine Comeau (Fredericton, NB) 6-3, then won 5-3 against Judy Ross (Fredericton, NB). Birt went on to lose 7-1 against Smith. Birt responded with a 8-6 win over Stacey McCormack-Lacey (Saint John, NB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic Championship title, Birt earned 16.413 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 6 spots the World Ranking Standings into 45th place overall with 102.762 total points. Birt ranks 36th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 87.280 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

2023: Melissa Adams
Melissa Adams, Jaclyn Crandall, Kendra Lister, Kayla Russell
Fredericton, NB
2022: Suzanne Birt
Suzanne Birt, Marie Christianson, Meaghan Hughes, Michelle Shea
Summerside, PEI
2019: Eun ji Gim
Eun ji Gim, Min-Ji Um, Su ji Kim, Ye eun Seol, Ye ji Seol
Gyeonggido, KOR
2018: Suzanne Birt
Suzanne Birt, Marie Christianson, Meaghan Hughes, Michelle Shea
Charlottetown, PEI
2017: Sylvie Quillian
Sylvie Quillian, Melissa Adams, Nicole Arsenault-Bishop, Kendra Lister
Moncton, NB

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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