Hilliard Runner-Up at 2023 Bogside Cup

SKIP
Tanya
Hilliard

Third
Kelly
Backman

Second
Taylor
Clarke

Lead
Mackenzie
Feindel

Tanya Hilliard (Halifax, NS) lost 7-5 to Laurie St-Georges (Montreal, QC) in the Final of the Bogside Cup, held December 8 - 10, 2023 at the Montague Curling Club in Montague, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Hilliard won 7-1 over Jessica Daigle (Halifax, NS) in the semifinals of the 2023 Bogside Cup in Montague, Prince Edward Island, Canada; and won 8-6 over Sylvie Quillian (Moncton, NB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Bogside Cup in Montague, Prince Edward Island, Canada;

Hilliard finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hilliard defeated Amanda Power (Crapaud, PEI) 7-5, then won 11-2 against Sydney Carver (Montague, PEI). Hilliard went on to lose 7-2 against St-Georges. Hilliard responded with a 5-4 win over Jane DiCarlo (Crapaud, PEI) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Bogside Cup, Hilliard take home 8.250 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN prize, moving up 13 spots the World Ranking Standings into 82nd place overall with 32.681 total points. Hilliard ranks 92nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 18.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	14	13	0	0.519	3-1	1-2	1-0	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	212	167	145	7.88	6.84	1.04	4.53	4.48	1.74	1.53	0.99

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	108	123	35	11	5-0	6-2	23-5	1.14	0.32	0.35	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	104	44	110	10	2-1	3-8	7-22	0.42	1.06	0.55	0.24

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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