CHAMPION: Ryan Wins 2023 Island Shootout

SKIP
Kristen
Ryan

Third
Shannon
Joanisse

Second
Megan
Yamamoto

Lead
Kirsten
Fox

Kristen Ryan (Maple Ridge, BC) won 5-3 over Emily Bowles (Victoria, BC) in the Final of the Island Shootout, held November 10 - 13, 2023 at the Victoria Curling Club in Victoria, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Ryan won 7-3 over Sarah Wark (Abbotsford, BC) in the semifinals of the 2023 Island Shootout in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada;

Ryan finished 4-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ryan defeated Kelly Ellis (Richmond, BC) 7-2, then won 6-4 against Roselyn Craig (Victoria, BC) and 9-4 against Holly Hafeli (Kamloops, BC). Ryan won 7-5 against Steph Jackson-Baier (Victoria, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Island Shootout Championship title, Ryan earned 3.750 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque. Ryan move up 7 spots after posting a net gain of 0.328 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 87th overall with 25.937 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Ryan ranks 100th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	17	10	0	0.630	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	214	165	144	7.71	6.73	0.98	4.77	4.30	1.62	1.57	0.93

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	105	109	40	10	1-1	11-0	17-8	1.04	0.38	0.31	0.27

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	109	56	104	10	1-0	4-4	10-32	0.51	0.95	0.44	0.32

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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