CHAMPION: Holland Wins 2010 Schmirler Curling Classic presented by Bank of America

SKIP
Amber
Holland

Third
Kim
Schneider

Second
Tammy
Schneider

Lead
Heather
Kalenchuk

Amber Holland (Kronau, SK) won 11-6 over Sherry Middaugh (Coldwater, ON) in the Final of the Schmirler Curling Classic presented by Bank of America, held September 24 - 27, 2010 at the Caledonian Curling Club in Regina, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Holland won 9-5 over Chantelle Eberle (Regina, SK) in the semifinals of the 2010 Schmirler Curling Classic presented by Bank of America in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won 7-4 over Chelsea Carey (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals.

Holland finished 5-0 in the 30-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Holland defeated Saskatchewan's Mandy Selzer 8-1, then won 11-2 against Patti Lank (Lewiston, NY) and 7-1 against Janet Harvey (Winnipeg, MB). Holland won 7-6 against Heather Nedohin (Edmonton, AB), then won 7-4 against Saskatchewan's Cindy Ricci in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Schmirler Curling Classic presented by Bank of America Championship title, Holland earned 40.000 world rankings points along with the $12,200CDN first prize cheque, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 3rd place overall with 194.080 total points. Holland ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 40.000 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

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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