CHAMPION: Desjardins Wins 2012 Quebec Tankard

SKIP
Robert
Desjardins

Third
Jean-Sebastien
Roy

Second
Steven
Munroe

Lead
Steeve
Villeneuve

Robert Desjardins (Chicoutimi, PQ) won 8-7 over Phillippe Lemay (Laviolette, PQ) in the Final of the Quebec Tankard, held January 24 - 29, 2012 in Kenogami, Quebec.

Desjardins finished 4-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Desjardins lost 6-2 to Simon Dupuis (Thurso, PQ), then responded with a 9-6 win over Pierre Gervais (Trois-Rivieres, PQ). Desjardins won 8-6 against Jean-Michel Menard (Quebec, PQ), then won 8-6 against Steeve Gagnon (Saguenay, PQ) and 7-4 against Francois Gagne (Montreal, PQ) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Quebec Tankard Championship title, Desjardins earned 10.240 world rankings points, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 40th place overall with 58.554 total points. Desjardins ranks 32nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 33.005 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

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