CHAMPION: Martel Wins 2023 Finale du Circuit

SKIP
Yannick
Martel

Third
Louis
Quevillon

Second
Jean-Francois
Charest

Lead
Bradley
Lequin

Yannick Martel (Saguenay, QC) won 8-6 over Jean-Michel Arsenault (Levis, QC) in the Final of the Finale du Circuit, held November 17 - 19, 2023 at the Aurèle Racine Curling Club in Tracy, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Martel won 7-2 over Mathieu Beaufort (Aurele-Racine, QC) to advance to the championship game. of the 2023 Finale du Circuit in Tracy, Quebec, Canada; of the 2023 Finale du Circuit in Tracy, Quebec, Canada;

Martel finished 4-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Martel defeated Frederic Lawton (Montreal, QC) 9-3, then won 9-2 against Denis Robichaud (Quebec, QC) and 9-6 against Peter Prevost (Buckingham, ON). Martel won 8-2 against Alexandre Leduc (Valleyfield, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Finale du Circuit Championship title, Martel earned 3.750 world rankings points along with the $2,200CDN first prize cheque, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 74th place overall with 46.551 total points. Martel ranks 60th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 29.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	33	11	0	0.750	0-1	1-1	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	302	296	193	9.80	6.39	3.41	5.03	4.30	1.95	1.48	0.66

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	142	195	47	10	4-1	27-3	31-3	1.37	0.33	0.47	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	160	101	146	10	6-1	8-10	11-28	0.63	0.91	0.59	0.34

2023: Yannick Martel
Yannick Martel, Louis Quevillon, Jean-Francois Charest, Bradley Lequin
Saguenay, QC
2022: Steven Munroe
Steven Munroe, Yannick Martel, Philippe Brassard, Jean-Francois Charest
Saquenay, QC
2021: Vincent Roberge
Vincent Roberge, Jean-Michel Arsenault, Jesse Mullen, Julien Tremblay , Eric Sylvain
LÃ©vis, QC
2018: Steven Munroe
Steven Munroe, Maxime Elmaleh, Jasmin Gibeau, Philippe Brassard
Levis, QC
2017: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Steven Munroe, Philippe Menard
Gatineau, QC
2011: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau/Levis, QC

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