Hegner5-3 at 2017 Qinghai International

SKIP
Ursi
Hegner

Third
Imogen Oona
Lehmann

Second
Nina
Ledergerber

Lead
Claudia
Baumann

Ursi Hegner (Uzwil, SUI) finished 5-3 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hegner defeated Krysta Burns (Sudbury, ON) 8-3, then went on to lose 10-5 against Bingyu Wang (Harbin, CHN). Hegner responded with a 8-5 win over Anette Norberg (Stocksund, SWE). Hegner went on to lose 7-6 against Zi-Xin Wang (Harbin, CHN). Hegner responded with a 8-2 win over Stefania Constantini (Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA). Hegner won 7-2 against Madison Bear (St. Paul, MN). Hegner went on to lose 8-6 against Victoria Moiseeva (St. Petersburg, RUS). Hegner responded with a 11-2 win over Claire Hamilton (Edinburgh, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Qinghai International Championship title, Hegner earned 17.063 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 6 spots the World Ranking Standings into 61st place overall with 95.957 total points. Hegner ranks 95th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 24.049 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

2019: Alina Kovaleva
Alina Kovaleva, Maria Komarova, Galina Arsenkina, Ekaterina Kuzmina, Anastasiia Danshina
Saint-Petersburg , RUS
2018: Daniela Jentsch
Daniela Jentsch, Emira Abbes, Analena Jentsch, Klara Fomm
Fuessen, GER
2017: Ursi Hegner
Ursi Hegner, Imogen Oona Lehmann, Nina Ledergerber, Claudia Baumann
Uzwil, SUI

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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