CHAMPION: Kuhn Wins 2012 Vancouver Island Shootout

SKIP
Roberta
Kuhn

Third
Karla
Thompson

Second
Michelle
Ramsay

Lead
Christen
Wilson

Roberta Kuhn (Vernon, BC) won 5-3 over Heather Jensen (Airdrie, AB) in the Final of the Vancouver Island Shootout, held November 9 - 12, 2012 at the Victoria Curling Club in Victoria, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Kuhn won 6-0 over Ayumi Ogasawara (Kariuzawa, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2012 Vancouver Island Shootout in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; and won 4-3 over Marilou Richter (New Westminster, BC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2012 Vancouver Island Shootout in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada;

Kuhn finished 5-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kuhn lost 7-0 to Kalia Van Osch (Nanaimo, BC), then responded with a 10-4 win over Lindsay Makichuk (Edmonton, AB). Kuhn went on to lose 7-4 against Brandi Tinkler (Victoria, BC). Kuhn responded with a 8-3 win over Stephanie Prinse (Chilliwack, BC). Kuhn won 11-3 against Sarah Koltun (Whitehorse, YK), then won 9-2 against Lynne Noble (Victoria, BC) and 5-4 against Tinkler in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Vancouver Island Shootout Championship title, Kuhn earned 2.500 world rankings points along with the $4,500CDN first prize cheque, moving up 41 spots the World Ranking Standings into 132nd place overall with 3.649 total points. Kuhn ranks 85th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.750 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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