CHAMPION: Larouche Wins 2015 Experience Classic

SKIP
Marie-France
Larouche

Third
Brenda
Nicholls

Second
Annie
Lemay

Lead
Julie
Rainville

Marie-France Larouche (Levis, QC) won 7-5 over Lauren Mann (Quebec , QC) in the Final of the Experience Classic, held December 1 - 6, 2015 in Baie dUrfe, Quebec. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Larouche won 9-3 over Celeste Butler-Rohland (Ottawa, ON) to advance to the championship game. of the 2015 Experience Classic in Baie dUrfe, Quebec;

Larouche finished 3-0 in the 11-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Larouche defeated Camille Lapierre (Montreal, QC) 6-5, then won 8-0 against Jenn Hanna (Ottawa, ON) and 7-2 against Catherine Derick (Thurso, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Experience Classic Championship title, Larouche earned 13.070 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 26 spots the World Ranking Standings into 87th place overall with 34.762 total points. Larouche ranks 64th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 34.762 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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