CHAMPION: Van Osch Wins 2018 BC Scotties

SKIP
Kesa
Van Osch

Third
Marika
Van Osch

Second
Kalia
Van Osch

Lead
Amy
Gibson

Kesa Van Osch (Nanaimo, BC) won 11-4 over Karla Thompson (Kamloops, BC) in the Final of the BC Scotties, held January 2 - 7, 2018 at the Victoria Curling Club in Victoria, Canada.

Van Osch finished 5-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Van Osch lost 8-5 to Thompson, then responded with a 7-6 win over Diane Gushulak (New Westminster, BC). Van Osch won 5-4 against Holly Donaldson (Victoria, BC). Van Osch went on to lose 8-1 against Corryn Brown (Kamloops, BC). Van Osch responded with a 6-4 win over Kim Slattery (Vernon, BC). Van Osch won 8-3 against Kayte Gyles (Surrey, BC), then won 9-4 against Randi Ludwar (Kelowna, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the BC Scotties Championship title, Van Osch earned 11.550 world rankings points, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 64th place overall with 92.663 total points. Van Osch ranks 50th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 60.070 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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