CHAMPION: Link Wins 2014 LaSalle Credit Union Classic

SKIP
Kim
Link

Third
Karen
Fallis

Second
Angela
Wickman

Lead
Renee
Fletcher

Kim Link (Winnipeg, MB) won 6-5 over Colleen Kilgallen (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the LaSalle Credit Union Classic, held October 24 - 27, 2014 in LaSalle, Manitoba. To advance to the championship game, Link won 5-4 over Terry Ursel (Arden, MB) in the semifinals of the 2014 LaSalle Credit Union Classic in LaSalle, Manitoba; and won 8-7 over Manitoba's Kaileigh Strath in the quarterfinals. of the 2014 LaSalle Credit Union Classic in LaSalle, Manitoba;

Link finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Link lost 5-4 to Ursel, then responded with a 6-3 win over Meghan Armit (Winnipeg, MB). Link went on to lose 8-2 against Kristy Watling (Winnipeg, MB). Link responded with a 5-3 win over Erika Sigurdson (East St. Paul, MB). Link won 6-5 against Stacey Fordyce (Brandon, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the LaSalle Credit Union Classic Championship title, Link earned 2.500 world rankings points along with the $1,900CDN first prize cheque, moving up 12 spots the World Ranking Standings into 82nd place overall with 8.884 total points. Link ranks 51st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.190 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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