CHAMPION: Brothers Wins 2016 Nova Scotia Scotties

SKIP
Jill
Brothers

Third
Sarah
Murphy

Second
Blisse
Joyce

Lead
Teri
Udle

Jill Brothers (Halifax, NS) won 8-5 over Mary-Anne Arsenault (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the Nova Scotia Scotties, held January 19 - 24, 2016 at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Brothers won 11-5 over Theresa Breen (Halifax, NS) in the semifinals of the 2016 Nova Scotia Scotties in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada;

Brothers finished 5-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Brothers defeated Colleen Pinkney (Truro, NS) 10-3, then won 8-4 against Christie Gamble (Halifax, NS) and 6-5 against Emily Dwyer (Halifax, NS). Brothers went on to lose 7-5 against Arsenault. Brothers responded with a 7-6 win over Julie McEvoy (Halifax, NS). Brothers went on to lose 8-7 against Breen. Brothers responded with a 8-6 win over Colleen Jones (Halifax, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Nova Scotia Scotties Championship title, Brothers earned 11.550 world rankings points, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 58th place overall with 80.260 total points. Brothers ranks 45th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 74.206 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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