CHAMPION: Birt Wins 2019 Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel

SKIP
Suzanne
Birt

Third
Marie
Christianson

Second
Meaghan
Hughes

Lead
Michelle
Shea

Suzanne Birt (Charlottetown, PEI) won 8-6 over Sylvie Quillian (moncton, NB) in the Final of the Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel, held November 22 - 24, 2019 at the Windsor Curling Club in Windsor, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Birt won 7-5 over Jill Brothers (Halifax, NS) in the semifinals of the 2019 Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada; and won 5-4 over Nova Scotia's Tanya Hilliard in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada;

Birt finished 4-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birt defeated Nova Scotia's Tanya Hilliard 6-2, then won 5-2 against Maggie Wilson (Stirling, SCO) and 6-4 against Nova Scotia's Amanda Power. Birt won 8-7 against Theresa Breen (Halifax, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel Championship title, Birt earned 26.696 world rankings points along with the $4,000CDN first prize cheque. Birt move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 15.378 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 29th overall with 182.008 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Birt ranks 23rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 111.970 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

2022: Christina Black
Christina Black, Jenn Baxter, Karlee Everist, Shelley Barker
Halifax, NS
2021: Christina Black
Christina Black, Jenn Baxter, Karlee Everist, Shelley Barker
Halifax, NS
2019: Suzanne Birt
Suzanne Birt, Marie Christianson, Meaghan Hughes, Michelle Shea
Charlottetown, PEI
2018: Sylvie Quillian
Sylvie Quillian, Melissa Adams, Nicole Arsenault-Bishop, Kendra Lister, Jaclyn Crandall
Moncton , NB
2017: Julie McEvoy
Julie McEvoy, Danielle Parsons, Sheena Moore, Jill Thomas
Halifax, NS
2016: Colleen Jones
Colleen Jones, Kim Kelly, Mary Sue Radford, Nancy Delahunt
Halifax, NS
2015: Theresa Breen
Theresa Breen, Tanya Hilliard, Jocelyn Adams-Moss, Amanda England
Halifax, NS

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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