CHAMPION: Jones Wins 2018 New Holland Canadian Junior Womens Championship

SKIP
Kaitlyn
Jones

Third
Kristin
Clarke

Second
Karlee
Burgess

Lead
Lindsey
Burgess

Kaitlyn Jones (Halifax, NS) won 5-3 over Laurie St-Georges (Laval-sur-le-Lac, QC) in the Final Jones advanced directly to the championship game after finishing first in the preliminary round. of the New Holland Canadian Junior Womens Championship, held January 13 - 21, 2018 in Shawinigan, Quebec.

Jones finished 9-1 in the 11-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jones defeated Kelsey Meger (Whitehorse, YK) 13-3, then went on to lose 12-2 against St-Georges. Jones responded with a 6-2 win over Sara England (Regina, SK). Jones won 10-4 against Justine Comeau (Fredericton, NB), then won 9-4 against Shae Bevan (Winnipeg, MB) and 10-4 against Kayla Skrlik (Falher, AB). Jones won 7-4 against Lauren Lenentine (Cornwall, PEI), then won 6-5 against Emma Wallingford (Ottawa, ON) and 5-3 against Hailey Beaudry (Thunder Bay, NONT). Jones won 8-4 against Mackenzie Glynn (St. John's, NL) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the New Holland Canadian Junior Womens Championship Championship title, Jones earned 19.587 world rankings points. For week 24 of the event schedule, Jones did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Jones ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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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