Watling Reaches 2024 Icebreaker Challenge Quarters

SKIP
Kristy
Watling

Third
Laura
Burtnyk

Second
Emily
Deschenes

Lead
Sarah
Pyke

Kristy Watling (Winnipeg, MB) qualified for the 2024 Icebreaker Challenge playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-2 against Christine McMakin (Fargo, ND). of the 2024 Icebreaker Challenge in Morris, Manitoba, Canada;

Watling finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Watling defeated Shaela Hayward (Carman, MB) 5-3, then won 6-1 against Rachel Workin (Fargo, ND) and 8-2 against Allie Giroux (Chaska, MN). Watling went on to lose 7-5 against Kate Cameron (St. Adolphe, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Watling earned 3.750 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Icebreaker Challenge. For week 5 of the event schedule, Watling did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Watling 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
2025	27	28	0	0.491	4-2	3-7	2-2	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	387	288	299	7.44	7.73	-0.28	4.34	4.83	1.71	1.60	0.83

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	201	212	102	15	5-2	13-6	47-17	1.05	0.51	0.35	0.32

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	186	76	197	17	3-3	5-13	10-39	0.41	1.06	0.55	0.25

2024: Ashley Thevenot
Ashley Thevenot, Brittany Tran, Taylor Stremick, Kaylin Skinner
Saskatoon, SK
2023: Kate Cameron
Kate Cameron, Meghan Walter, Taylor McDonald, Mackenzie Elias
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Tracy Fleury
Tracy Fleury, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish
East St. Paul, MB
2018: Darcy Robertson
Darcy Robertson, Karen Klein, Vanessa Foster, Theresa Cannon
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish
Winnipeg, MB

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