CHAMPION: Brothers Wins 2016 Lady Monctonian Invitational Spiel

Halifax, Nova Scotia

SKIP
Jill
Brothers

Third
Erin
Carmody

Second
Blisse
Joyce

Lead
Jennifer
Brine

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	7.97
PA/G:	5.76
Hammer Efficiency:	0.24
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.65
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Jill Brothers (Halifax, NS) won 5-3 over Robyn MacPhee (Charlottetown, PEI) in the Final of the Lady Monctonian Invitational Spiel, held October 21 - 23, 2016 in Moncton, New Brunswick. To advance to the championship game, Brothers won 4-2 over Mary-Anne Arsenault (Halifax, NS) in the semifinals of the 2016 Lady Monctonian Invitational Spiel in Moncton, New Brunswick; and won 6-2 over Theresa Breen (Halifax, NS) in the quarterfinals.

Brothers finished 3-2 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Brothers lost 7-3 to Shelly Graham (Fredericton, NB), then responded with a 7-5 win over Shannon Tatlock (Moncton, NB). Brothers won 6-5 against Christie Gamble (Halifax, NS), then won 9-2 against Melanie Ellis (Halifax, NS). Brothers went on to lose 8-7 against MacPhee in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Lady Monctonian Invitational Spiel Championship title, Brothers earned 21.776 world rankings points along with the $1,800CDN first prize cheque, moving up 9 spots the World Ranking Standings into 51st place overall with 89.159 total points. Brothers ranks 37th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 44.866 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

2023: Abby Burgess
Abby Burgess, Brooke Tracy, Sarah Graine, Sierra Tracy
Moncton, NB
2022: Suzanne Birt
Suzanne Birt, Marie Christianson, Meaghan Hughes, Michelle Shea
Summerside, PEI
2021: Andrea Kelly
Andrea Kelly, Sylvie Quillian, Jillian Babin, Katie Vandenborre, Justine Comeau
Fredericton, NB
2019: Andrea Kelly
Andrea Kelly, Jennifer Armstrong, Jillian Babin, Katie Vandenborre, Leah Thomson
Fredericton, NB
2018: Andrea Kelly
Andrea Kelly, Jillian Babin, Jennifer Armstrong, Katie Vandenborre
Fredericton, NB
2017: Theresa Breen
Theresa Breen, Marlee Powers, Jocelyn Adams-Moss, Amanda England
Halifax, NS
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Jill Brothers, Erin Carmody, Blisse Joyce, Jennifer Brine, Sarah Murphy
Halifax, NS
2015: Mary Mattatall
Mary Mattatall, Marg Cutcliffe, Jill Alcoe-Holland, Andrea Saulnier
Halifax, NS
2014: Kelly Backman
Kelly Backman, Kristen MacDiarmid, Jennifer Crouse, Karlee Everist
Dartmouth, NS

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