Bowles Runner-Up at 2023 Island Shootout

SKIP
Emily
Bowles

Third
Meredith
Cole

Second
Gabby
Brissette

Lead
Mahra
Harris

Emily Bowles (Victoria, BC) lost 5-3 to Kristen Ryan (Maple Ridge, 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, Bowles won 8-4 over Steph Jackson-Baier (Victoria, BC) in the semifinals

Bowles finished 4-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bowles defeated Holly Hafeli (Kamloops, BC) 8-6, then won 6-4 against Jackson-Baier and 7-1 against Kelly Ellis (Richmond, BC). Bowles won 7-4 against Roselyn Craig (Victoria, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Island Shootout, Bowles take home 2.750 world rankings points along with the $1,500CDN prize. Bowles move up 50 spots after posting a net gain of 2.328 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 180th overall with 4.812 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Bowles ranks 156th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	30	25	0	0.545	2-1	4-5	0-2	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	466	353	363	7.58	7.79	-0.21	4.79	4.55	1.58	1.71	0.67

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	220	247	90	14	2-2	17-9	56-11	1.12	0.41	0.36	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	246	106	273	17	2-4	4-22	19-58	0.43	1.11	0.47	0.29

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