Desjardins/Desjardins Runner-Up at 2021 GOLDLINE Victoria Mixed Doubles

Emilie Desjardins/Robert Desjardins (Saguenay, QC) lost 8-6 to Lauren Horton/Pierre-Luc Morissette (QuÃ©bec, QC) in the Final of the GOLDLINE Victoria Mixed Doubles, held December 10 - 12, 2021 at the Victoria Curling Club in Quebec, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Desjardins/Desjardins won 7-3 over Kelly Tremblay/Pierre Lanoue (Montreal, QC) in the semifinals of the 2021 GOLDLINE Victoria Mixed Doubles in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; and won 9-2 over Melanie Poirier/Thierry Fournier (QuÃ©bec, QC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 GOLDLINE Victoria Mixed Doubles in Quebec, Quebec, Canada;

Desjardins/Desjardins finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Desjardins/Desjardins defeated Laurie-Anne Leclerc/Brandon Guillemette (Quebec, QC) 7-5, then won 7-5 against Nathalie Gagnon/Jay Merchant (Sydney, AUS) and 7-4 against Brenda Nicholls/Dan deWaard (Quebec, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the GOLDLINE Victoria Mixed Doubles, Desjardins/Desjardins take home 18.398 world rankings points along with the $640CDN prize, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 9.347 after improving upon their best so far this season. Desjardins/Desjardins ranks 11th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 87.830 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	27	8	0	0.771	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	238	254	159	10.67	6.68	3.99	5.84	4.16	1.83	1.61	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	112	165	43	0	9-1	19-1	18-5	1.47	0.38	0.41	0.29

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	126	89	116	0	1-4	4-11	18-15	0.71	0.92	0.55	0.48

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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