's Joe Frans1-2 at Ontario Tankard

SKIP
Joe
Frans

Third
Craig
Van Ymeren

Second
Matt
Mapletoft

Lead
Scott
Brandon

's Joe Frans finished 1-2 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, 's Joe Frans defeated Dale Kelly (Chatham, ON) 7-1, then went on to lose 6-5 against Pat Ferris (Grimsby, ON). 's Joe Frans lost 6-5 to Damien Villard (Cambridge, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

's Joe Frans earned 1.098 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. 's Joe Frans gained -2.381 points improving upon their best 8 events, though dropped 3 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 128thplace overall with 30.640 total points. 's Joe Frans ranks 140th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 23.682 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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