Gagnon/Gionest Runner-Up at 2022 Finale Circuit GOLDLINE

Nathalie Gagnon/Francois Gionest (Sydney, AUS) lost 7-1 to Lauren Cheal/Greg Cheal (Valleyfield, QC) in the Final of the Finale Circuit GOLDLINE, held April 8 - 11, 2022 in TBD, Quebec. To advance to the championship game, Gagnon/Gionest won 8-3 over Veronique Bouchard/Jean-Francois Charest (Saguenay, QC) in the semifinals of the 2022 Finale Circuit GOLDLINE in TBD, Quebec; and won 13-6 over Kelly Tremblay/Pierre Lanoue (Montreal, QC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 Finale Circuit GOLDLINE in TBD, Quebec;

Gagnon/Gionest finished 2-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gagnon/Gionest defeated Leanne Fortin/Eric Fortin (Saguenay, QC) 8-3, then won 9-3 against Ashley Waye/Rob Retchless (Toronto, ON). Gagnon/Gionest went on to lose 8-7 against Tremblay/Lanoue in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Finale Circuit GOLDLINE, Gagnon/Gionest take home 18.605 world rankings points along with the $950CDN prize, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 9.302 after improving upon their best so far this season. Gagnon/Gionest ranks 125th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 13.066 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	3	3	0	0.500	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	42	33	38	7.86	9.05	-1.19	4.05	5.71	1.94	1.58	0.24

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	23	17	20	0	1-1	1-0	3-3	0.74	0.87	0.22	0.61

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	19	16	18	1	1-1	1-0	3-5	0.84	0.95	0.40	0.42

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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