Varnes Runner-Up at 2017 The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul

SKIP
Rhonda
Varnes

Third
Jenna
Loder

Second
Katherine
Doerksen

Lead
Danielle
Robinson

Rhonda Varnes (Winnipeg, MB) lost 8-2 to Barb Spencer (winnnipeg, MB) in the Final of the The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul, held November 24 - 27, 2017 at the East St. Paul Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Varnes won 7-2 over Shannon Birchard (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2017 The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; and won 9-7 over Darcy Robertson (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

Varnes finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Varnes defeated Kristy Watling (Winnipeg, MB) 8-5, then went on to lose 8-5 against Birchard. Varnes responded with a 6-5 win over Jennifer Clark-Rouire (Winnipeg, MB). Varnes won 5-4 against Alyssa Calvert (Carberry, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul, Varnes take home 18.957 world rankings points along with the $1,800CDN prize, moving up 6 spots the World Ranking Standings into 49th place overall with 110.881 total points. Varnes ranks 51st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 52.155 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

2023: Kristy Watling
Kristy Watling, Laura Burtnyk, Emily Deschenes, Sarah Pyke
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Mackenzie Zacharias
Mackenzie Zacharias, Karlee Burgess, Emily Zacharias, Lauren Lenentine
Altona, MB
2018: Joelle Brown
Joelle Brown, Susan Baleja, Natalie Claude-Harding, Carlene Strand
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Barb Spencer
Barb Spencer, Katie Spencer, Holly Spencer, Allyson Spencer
winnnipeg, MB
2016: Tracy Fleury
Tracy Fleury, Jennifer Wylie, Jenna Enge, Amanda Gates, Crystal Webster
Sudbury, NONT
2015: Jennifer Clark-Rouire
Jennifer Clark-Rouire, Rachel Kaatz, Lindsay Warkentin, Kylee Calvert
Winnipeg , MB
2014: Michelle Montford
Michelle Montford, Lisa McLeod, Sara Van Walleghem, Sarah Neufeld, Courtney Blanchard
Winnipeg, MB

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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