Richards Reaches Curling Alberta U20 Provincials Semifinals

SKIP
Gracelyn
Richards

Third
Sophia
Ryhorchuk

Second
Rachel
Jacques

Lead
Amy
Wheatcroft

Gracelyn Richards (Edmonton, AB) run at the Curling Alberta U20 Provincials came to an end in the semifinals with a 12-3 loss to Emma Deschiffart (Lacombe, AB). of the Curling Alberta U20 Provincials in Drayton Valley, Alberta, Canada;

Richards finished 6-2 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Richards lost 11-1 to Deschiffart, then responded with a 9-5 win over Kayleigh Shannon (Calgary, AB). Richards won 7-6 against Kaylin Young (Edmonton, AB), then won 8-6 against Myla Plett (Airdrie, AB) and 11-8 against Abby Whitbread (Lacombe, AB). Richards won 10-8 against Shianna Lind (Edmonton, AB), then won 8-6 against Irelande McMahon (Calgary, AB). Richards went on to lose 9-8 against Grace Beaudry (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Richards earned 2.125 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Curling Alberta U20 Provincials, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 96th place overall with 21.813 total points. Richards ranks 97th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 21.813 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	19	24	0	0.442	3-1	2-7	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	354	258	279	7.29	7.88	-0.59	4.55	4.55	1.60	1.73	0.90

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	168	182	72	10	1-2	13-4	40-13	1.08	0.43	0.34	0.27

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	186	76	207	22	1-6	4-13	17-42	0.41	1.11	0.47	0.26

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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