CHAMPION: Watling Wins 2020 Scotties Berth Bonspiel

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Kristy
Watling

Third
Christine
MacKay

Second
Taylor
Maida

Lead
Katrina
Thiessen

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	6.60
PA/G:	6.17
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.27
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Kristy Watling (Winnipeg, MB) won 6-4 over Theresa Cannon (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Scotties Berth Bonspiel, held November 14 - 17, 2019 at the Morden Curling Club in Morden, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Watling won 6-4 over Darcy Robertson (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2020 Scotties Berth Bonspiel in Morden, Manitoba, Canada;

Watling finished 2-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Watling defeated Beth Peterson (Winnipeg, MB) 9-8, then won 7-5 against Abby Ackland (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Scotties Berth Bonspiel Championship title, Watling earned 22.781 world rankings points. Watling move up 10 spots after posting a net gain of 14.16 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 50th overall with 93.676 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Watling ranks 55th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 41.951 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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