CHAMPION: Wang Wins 2016 Driving Force Abbotsford Cashspiel

SKIP
Bingyu
Wang

Third
Yan
Zhou

Second
Jinli
Liu

Lead
Ying
Yang

Bingyu Wang (HARBIN, CHN) won 6-3 over Karla Thompson (Kamloops, BC) in the Final of the Driving Force Abbotsford Cashspiel, held November 25 - 28, 2016 at the Abbotsford Curling Club in Abbotsford, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Wang won 6-3 over British Columbia's Marla Mallett in the semifinals of the 2016 Driving Force Abbotsford Cashspiel in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; and won 5-2 over Sarah Koltun (Whitehorse, YK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Driving Force Abbotsford Cashspiel in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada;

Wang finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wang defeated Jenn Nguyen (Denver, CO) 11-1, then won 7-5 against Amanda Russett (Kamloops, BC) and 7-4 against Dailene Pewarchuk (Victoria, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Driving Force Abbotsford Cashspiel Championship title, Wang earned 21.489 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 28th place overall with 178.006 total points. Wang ranks 12th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 150.221 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

2022: Kristen Ryan
Kristen Ryan, Megan Yamamoto, Kirsten Fox, Dawn Mesana
Maple Ridge, BC
2019: Corryn Brown
Corryn Brown, Erin Pincott, Dezaray Hawes, Ashley Klymchuk
Kamloops, BC
2018: Sarah Wark
Sarah Wark, Kristen Pilote, Carley Sandwith-Craig, Michelle Dunn
Chilliwack, BC
2017: Victoria Moiseeva
Victoria Moiseeva, Uliana Vasilyeva, Galina Arsenkina, Julia Guzieva, Julia Portunova
St. Petersburg, RUS
2016: Bingyu Wang
Bingyu Wang, Yan Zhou, Jinli Liu, Ying Yang
HARBIN, CHN
2008: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2007: Kelly Scott
Kelly Scott, Jeanna Schraeder, Sasha Carter, Renee Simons, Michelle Allen
Kelowna, BC
2006: Stefanie Lawton
Stefanie Lawton, Marliese Kasner, Sherri Singler, Chelsey Matson
Saskatoon, SK
2005: Janet Harvey
Janet Harvey, Jill Thurston, Cherie-Ann Sheppard, Carey Burgess
Winnipeg, MB
2004: Kelley Law
Kelley Law, Jody Maskiewich, Marla Mallett, Sherry Fraser
Coquitlam, BC
2003: Kelly Scott
Kelly Scott, Jeanna Schraeder, Sasha Bergner, Renee Simons
Kelowna, BC
2002: Kelly Scott
Kelly Scott, Jeanna Schraeder, Sasha Bergner, Renee Simons
Kelowna, BC
2001: Shannon Kleibrink
Shannon Kleibrink, Judy Pendergast, Deb Pendergast, Cheryl Meek
Calgary, AB
2000: Shannon Kleibrink
Shannon Kleibrink, Judy Pendergast, Deb Pendergast, Cheryl Meek
Calgary, AB

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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