Desjardins/Desjardins Runner-Up at 2019 Brampton Mixed Doubles Curling Cup

Emilie Desjardins/Robert Desjardins (Chicoutimi, QC) lost 6-5 to Clancy Grandy/Patrick Janssen (Toronto, ON) in the Final of the Brampton Mixed Doubles Curling Cup, held September 28 - 29, 2019 at the Chinguacousy Curling Club in Brampton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Desjardins/Desjardins won 7-4 over Kimberly Tuck/Wayne Tuck Jr. (Ilderton, ON) in the semifinals of the 2019 Brampton Mixed Doubles Curling Cup in Brampton, Ontario, Canada; and won 7-2 over Grace Holyoke/Connor Lawes (Toronto, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Brampton Mixed Doubles Curling Cup in Brampton, Ontario, Canada;

Desjardins/Desjardins finished 2-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Desjardins/Desjardins defeated Ling-Yue Hung/Jason Chang (Hong Kong , HKG) 6-5, then went on to lose 9-2 against Sierra Sutherland/Thomas Ryn (Ottawa, ON). Desjardins/Desjardins responded with a 8-7 win over Heather Heggestad/Cory Heggestad (Stroud, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Brampton Mixed Doubles Curling Cup, Desjardins/Desjardins take home 19.297 world rankings points along with the $700CDN prize, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 9.828 after improving upon their best so far this season. Desjardins/Desjardins ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 45.804 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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