Claveau Runner-Up at 2018 Experience Curling Classic

SKIP
Robin
Claveau

Third
Stephen
Rathe

Second
Pierre
Chayer

Lead
Patrice
Boucher

Robin Claveau (Montreal, QC) lost 7-6 to Jean-Michel Menard (Gatineau, QC) in the Final of the Experience Curling Classic, held November 7 - 11, 2018 at the Baie d'Urfé Curling Club in Baie d'Urfé, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Claveau won 7-6 over Alek Bedard (Montreal, QC) in the semifinals of the 2018 Experience Curling Classic in Baie d'Urfé, Quebec, Canada; and won 7-3 over Frank O'Driscoll (Ottawa, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Experience Curling Classic in Baie d'Urfé, Quebec, Canada;

Claveau finished 2-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Claveau defeated Ankur Barthukur (Montreal, QC) 11-5, then went on to lose 6-5 against Frederic Lawton (Montreal, QC). Claveau responded with a 7-5 win over Martin Roy (Gatineau, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Experience Curling Classic, Claveau take home 9.230 world rankings points along with the $800CDN prize, moving up 335 spots the World Ranking Standings into 236th place overall with 9.230 total points. Claveau ranks 160th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 9.230 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

2018: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Jim Stewart, Dan deWaard, Daniel Caron
Gatineau, QC
2017: Jean-Sebastien Roy
Robert Desjardins, Jean-Sebastien Roy, Pierre-Luc Morissette, Thierry Fournier
Chicoutimi, QC
2016: Jean-Sebastien Roy
Jean-Sebastien Roy, Jasmin Gibeau, Dan deWaard, Vincent Bourget
Thurso, QC

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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