CHAMPION: Curtis Wins 2020 Newfoundland & Labrador Scotties

SKIP
Erica
Curtis

Third
Erin
Porter

Second
Julie
Hynes

Lead
Beth
Hamilton

Erica Curtis (St. John's, NL) won 8-2 over Mackenzie Mitchell (St. John's, NL) in the Final of the Newfoundland & Labrador Scotties, held January 11 - 15, 2020 at the Remax Centre in St. John's, .

Curtis finished 3-2 in the 6-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Curtis lost 10-7 to Heather Strong (St. John's, NL), then responded with a 10-7 win over Newfoundland / Labrador's Kelli Sharpe. Curtis won 14-3 against Wendy Dunne (St. John's, NL), then won 11-4 against Mackenzie Glynn (St. John's, NL). Curtis went on to lose 5-4 against Mitchell in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Newfoundland & Labrador Scotties Championship title, Curtis earned 4.500 world rankings points. Curtis move up 83 spots after posting a net gain of 4.28 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 190th overall with 4.719 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Curtis ranks 188th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.500 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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