CHAMPION: Roy Wins 2019 Finale du Circuit

Saguenay, Quebec

Fourth
Robert
Desjardins

SKIP
Jean-Sebastien
Roy

Second
Pierre-Luc
Morissette

Lead
Rene
Dubois

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	13.82
PA/G:	4.41
Hammer Efficiency:	0.85
Steal Defense:	0.08
Force Efficiency:	0.73
Steal Efficiency:	0.48

Jean-Sebastien Roy (Saguenay, QC) won 7-1 over Vincent Roberge (Levis, QC) in the Final of the Finale du Circuit, held November 29 - December 1, 2019 at the Aurèle Racine Curling Club in Tracy, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Roy won 7-1 over Steven Munroe (Levis, QC) in the semifinals of the 2019 Finale du Circuit in Tracy, Quebec, Canada; and won 10-5 over Greg Balsdon (Montreal, QC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Finale du Circuit in Tracy, Quebec, Canada;

Roy finished 3-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Roy defeated Pascal Michaud (Ottawa, ON) 7-2, then won 8-3 against Alek Bedard (Lacolle, QC) and 8-3 against Balsdon in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Finale du Circuit Championship title, Roy earned 18.373 world rankings points along with the $3,300CDN first prize cheque. Roy move up 8 spots after posting a net gain of 9.015 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 49th overall with 98.303 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Roy ranks 62nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 51.515 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: Yannick Martel
Yannick Martel, Louis Quevillon, Jean-Francois Charest, Bradley Lequin
Saguenay, QC
2022: Steven Munroe
Steven Munroe, Yannick Martel, Philippe Brassard, Jean-Francois Charest
Saquenay, QC
2021: Vincent Roberge
Vincent Roberge, Jean-Michel Arsenault, Jesse Mullen, Julien Tremblay , Eric Sylvain
LÃ©vis, QC
2018: Steven Munroe
Steven Munroe, Maxime Elmaleh, Jasmin Gibeau, Philippe Brassard
Levis, QC
2017: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Steven Munroe, Philippe Menard
Gatineau, QC
2011: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau/Levis, QC

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