Varnes Runner-Up at Scotties Berth Bonspiel

SKIP
Rhonda
Varnes

Third
Joanne
Tarvit

Second
Mikaylah
Lyburn

Lead
Cheyenne
Ehnes

Rhonda Varnes (Winnipeg, MB) lost 7-5 to Kristy Watling (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Scotties Berth Bonspiel, held November 3 - 5 at the Gimli Curling Club in Gimli, Canada.

Varnes finished 2-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Varnes defeated Shae Bevan (Winnipeg, MB) 9-3, then won 7-5 against Lisa McLeod (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Scotties Berth Bonspiel, Varnes take home 5.500 world rankings points, moving up 16 spots the World Ranking Standings into 120th place overall with 16.238 total points. Varnes ranks 121st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.563 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	8	17	0	0.320	2-5	2-3	0-3	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	180	115	142	6.39	7.89	-1.50	4.22	4.94	1.51	1.60	0.83

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	92	84	46	7	4-1	3-3	11-7	0.91	0.50	0.21	0.33

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	88	31	96	8	0-0	2-8	6-21	0.35	1.09	0.51	0.24

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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