CHAMPION: Adams Wins 2023 New Scotland Brewing Co. Womens Cashspiel

SKIP
Melissa
Adams

Third
Jaclyn
Crandall

Second
Kendra
Lister

Lead
Kayla
Russell

Melissa Adams (Fredericton, NB) won 7-1 over Marie Christianson (Halifax, NS) in the Final Adams advanced directly to the championship game after finishing first in the preliminary round. of the New Scotland Brewing Co. Womens Cashspiel, held October 6 - 9, 2023 at the CFB Halifax CC in Halifax, Canada.

Adams finished 4-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Adams defeated Mackenzie Mitchell (Halifax, NS) 4-3, then won 7-6 against Tanya Hilliard (Halifax, NS) and 8-2 against Christianson. Adams won 7-3 against Andrea Saulnier (Halifax, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the New Scotland Brewing Co. Womens Cashspiel Championship title, Adams earned 7.500 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 21 spots the World Ranking Standings into 100th place overall with 20.437 total points. Adams ranks 76th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	21	13	0	0.618	2-3	2-5	1-0	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	272	205	187	7.54	6.88	0.66	4.67	4.56	1.61	1.51	0.77

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	135	145	61	9	4-2	10-1	29-11	1.07	0.45	0.34	0.31

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	137	60	126	12	0-2	4-8	9-22	0.44	0.92	0.61	0.31

2023: Melissa Adams
Melissa Adams, Jaclyn Crandall, Kendra Lister, Kayla Russell
Fredericton, NB
2022: Christina Black
Christina Black, Jenn Baxter, Karlee Everist, Shelley Barker
Halifax, NS
2019: Mary Mattatall
Mary Mattatall, Marg Cutcliffe, Jill Alcoe-Holland, Andrea Saulnier
Halifax, NS
2018: Mary-Anne Arsenault
Mary-Anne Arsenault, Christina Black, Jenn Baxter, Kristin Clarke, Emma Logan
Halifax, NS
2017: Kaitlyn Jones
Kaitlyn Jones, Kristin Clarke, Karlee Burgess, Lindsey Burgess
Chester, NS
2016: Kristen MacDiarmid
Kristen MacDiarmid, Kelly Backman, Liz Woodworth, Julia Colter, Marie Christianson
Dartmouth, NS

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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