Girard/Martel Reaches 2019 GOLDLINE Amos Mixed Doubles Quarters

Vanessa Girard/Yannick Martel (saguenay, QC) qualified for the 2019 GOLDLINE Amos Mixed Doubles playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 1-0 against Danae Binette-Lavoie/Mathieu Gravel (Val d'Or, QC).

Girard/Martel finished 1-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Girard/Martel lost 7-6 to Marie-Eve Sigouin/Sonny Melancon (Rouyn-Noranda, QC), droppimg another game, 11-5 to Sonia Simard/Guy Simard (Amos, QC) where Girard/Martel responded with a 9-4 win over Gabrielle Simard/Philippe Simard (Amos, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

Girard/Martel earned 0.736 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 21.222 total points. Girard/Martel ranks 53rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 13.902 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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