Smith3-2 at 2016 Dumfries Challenger Series

SKIP
Hazel
Smith

Third
Sarah
Reid

Second
Laura
Ritchie

Lead
Claire
Hamilton

Hazel Smith (Stirling, SCO) finished 3-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith defeated Melanie Barbezat (Biel, SUI) 9-3, then went on to lose 5-2 against Sophie Jackson (Dumfries, SCO). Smith responded with a 9-7 win over Karina Aitken (Stirling, SCO). Smith won 13-3 against Gina Aitken (Edinburgh, SCO). Smith went on to lose 12-2 against Lisa Gisler (Bern, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

Smith earned 0.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Dumfries Challenger Series. For week 18 of the event schedule, Smith did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 88th to 89th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 54.770 total points. Smith ranks 183rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.832 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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