CHAMPION: Robertson Wins 2016 MCT Championships

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Darcy
Robertson

Third
Karen
Klein

Second
Vanessa
Foster

Lead
Michelle
Madden

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	8.06
PA/G:	5.28
Hammer Efficiency:	0.39
Steal Defense:	0.26
Force Efficiency:	0.70
Steal Efficiency:	0.35

Darcy Robertson (Winnipeg, MB) won 6-5 over Shannon Birchard (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the 2016 MCT Championships in Dauphin, Manitoba.

Robertson finished 2-1 in the 8 team MCT Championships qualifying round, held December 9 - 11, 2016 in , . In their opening game, Robertson defeated Tiffany McLean (Portage la Prairie, MB) 6-4, then went on to lose 6-5 against Joelle Brown (Winnipeg, MB). Robertson responded with a 7-1 win over Rachel Burtnyk (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the MCT Championships Championship title, Robertson earned 14.251 world rankings points along with the $1,750CDN first prize cheque, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 28th place overall with 182.191 total points. Robertson ranks 35th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 79.037 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2017	4	1	0	0.800	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2017	36	29	19	8.06	5.28	2.78	5.28	4.17	1.53	1.27	0.56

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2017	19	21	5	1	0-0	1-0	6-0	1.11	0.26	0.39	0.26

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2017	17	8	14	1	0-0	0-1	2-2	0.47	0.82	0.70	0.35

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Winnipeg, MB
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