Watling Runner-Up at 2023 MCT Curling Cup

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Kristy
Watling

Third
Laura
Burtnyk

Second
Emily
Deschenes

Lead
Sarah
Pyke

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	8.00
PA/G:	6.75
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.06
Force Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Kristy Watling (Winnipeg, MB) lost 7-6 to Kim Rhyme (Minneapolis, MN) in the Final of the MCT Curling Cup, held November 10 - 12, 2023 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Watling won 7-6 over Lisa McLeod (Winnipeg, MB) to advance to the championship game. of the 2023 MCT Curling Cup in Winnipeg, Manitoba; of the 2023 MCT Curling Cup in Winnipeg, Manitoba;

Watling finished 3-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Watling defeated Rachel Kaatz (Winnipeg, MB) 7-6, then won 6-3 against Joelle Brown (Winnipeg, MB) and 6-5 against Rachel Workin (Fargo, ND) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the MCT Curling Cup, Watling take home 8.250 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN prize. Watling move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 1.656 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 45th overall with 71.375 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Watling ranks 41st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 45.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	41	31	0	0.569	4-4	7-3	3-0	2-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	510	411	379	8.06	7.43	0.63	4.88	4.51	1.65	1.65	0.61

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	239	291	92	10	8-2	17-6	62-14	1.22	0.38	0.38	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	271	120	287	21	2-6	6-15	22-66	0.44	1.06	0.49	0.30

2025: Lisa McLeod
Lisa McLeod, Christine MacKay, Emily Cherwinski, Jolene Callum
Winnipeg, MB
2024: Sarah-Jane Sass
Sarah-Jane Sass, Katy Lukowich, Mackenzie Arbuckle, Julia Millan, Lexa Sigurdson
Winnipeg, MB
2023: Kim Rhyme
Kim Rhyme, Libby Brundage, Cait Flannery, Katie Rhyme
Minneapolis, MN

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