CHAMPION: Gim Wins 2019 Jim Sullivan Curling Classic

SKIP
Eun ji
Gim

Third
Min-Ji
Um

Second
Su ji
Kim

Lead
Ye eun
Seol

Un-Chi Gim (Gyeonggido, KOR) won 6-4 over Suzanne Birt (Charlottetown, PEI) in the Final of the Jim Sullivan Curling Classic, held December 6 - 8, 2019 at the Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club in Saint John, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Gim won 9-6 over Andrea Crawford (Fredericton, NB) in the semifinals of the 2019 Jim Sullivan Curling Classic in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada; and won 6-4 over New Brunswick's Sarah Mallais in the quarterfinals.

Gim finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gim defeated Veronica Smith (Charlottetown, PEI) 8-1, then won 8-1 against New Brunswick's Sarah Mallais and 9-2 against New Brunswick's Justine Comeau. Gim won 8-7 against Ma Yun Yan (Beijing, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Jim Sullivan Curling Classic Championship title, Gim earned 19.344 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 20 of the event schedule, Gim did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 209th to 211th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 3.992 total points. Gim ranks 178th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.992 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

2023: Melissa Adams
Melissa Adams, Jaclyn Crandall, Kendra Lister, Kayla Russell
Fredericton, NB
2022: Suzanne Birt
Suzanne Birt, Marie Christianson, Meaghan Hughes, Michelle Shea
Summerside, PEI
2019: Eun ji Gim
Eun ji Gim, Min-Ji Um, Su ji Kim, Ye eun Seol, Ye ji Seol
Gyeonggido, KOR
2018: Suzanne Birt
Suzanne Birt, Marie Christianson, Meaghan Hughes, Michelle Shea
Charlottetown, PEI
2017: Sylvie Quillian
Sylvie Quillian, Melissa Adams, Nicole Arsenault-Bishop, Kendra Lister
Moncton, NB

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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