Blades Finishes Fourth at 2024 New Holland Canadian Junior Championships

Truro, Nova Scotia

SKIP
Cassidy
Blades

Third
Steffi
Atherton

Second
Kate
Weissent

Lead
Annalise
MacNutt

Games:	11
Record:	8W - 3L
PF/G:	7.84
PA/G:	6.27
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.35
Force Efficiency:	0.66
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

Cassidy Blades (Truro, NS) lost 7-3 to Claire Booth (Calgary, AB) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 New Holland Canadian Junior Championships in Fort McMurray, Alberta. of the 2024 New Holland Canadian Junior Championships in Fort McMurray, Alberta; Cassidy Blades (Truro, NS) lost 7-3 to Claire Booth (Calgary, AB) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 New Holland Canadian Junior Championships in Fort McMurray, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Blades won 7-4 over Julia Markle (London, ON) in the semifinals of the 2024 New Holland Canadian Junior Championships in Fort McMurray, Alberta; and won 8-7 over Jolianne Fortin (Kenogami, QC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 New Holland Canadian Junior Championships in Fort McMurray, Alberta;

Blades finished 6-2 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Blades defeated Sarah McDonah (St. John's, NL) 15-3, then went on to lose 7-3 against Melodie Forsythe (Moncton, NB). Blades lost 9-2 to Markle where Blades responded with a 11-5 win over Kali Skauge (Yellowknife, NT). Blades won 5-4 against Cailey Locke (St.John's, NL), then won 8-7 against Mia Toner (Sudbury, NO) and 9-5 against Emma Deschiffart (Edmonton, AB). Blades won 9-6 against Booth in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the New Holland Canadian Junior Championships , Blades take home 6.000 world rankings points. For week 36 of the event schedule, Blades did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Blades ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

Bottcher Out!

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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