Ackland Runner-Up at 2019 Manitoba Curling Tour Classic

SKIP
Abby
Ackland

Third
Hailey
McFarlane

Second
Emilie
Rafnson

Lead
Sara
Oliver

Abby Ackland (Winnipeg, MB) lost 6-4 to 's Meghan Walter in the Final of the Manitoba Curling Tour Classic, held October 3 - 6, 2019 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. To advance to the championship game, Ackland won 7-6 over Mackenzie Zacharias (Altona, MB) in the semifinals

Ackland finished 2-2 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ackland defeated Deb McCreanor (Winnipeg, MB) 12-0, then won 14-8 against Kristy McDonald (Winnipeg, MB). Ackland went on to lose 5-2 against 's Meghan Walter. Ackland lost 11-7 to Janelle Vachon (Brandon, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Manitoba Curling Tour Classic, Ackland take home 13.401 world rankings points along with the $1,400CDN prize. Ackland move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 7.09 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 53rd overall with 85.149 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Ackland ranks 45th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 28.350 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: Kristy Watling
Kristy Watling, Laura Burtnyk, Emily Deschenes, Sarah Pyke
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Meghan Walter
Meghan Walter, Morgan Reimer, Lauryn Kuzyk, Mackenzie Elias
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Jennifer Clark-Rouire
Jennifer Clark-Rouire, Lisa McLeod, Jolene Callum, Sydney Arnal, Brooklyn Meiklejohn
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Joelle Brown
Joelle Brown, Susan Baleja, Natalie Claude-Harding, Carlene Strand
Winnipeg, MB

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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