Watling Runner-Up at 2022 Manitoba Scotties

SKIP
Kristy
Watling

Third
Hailey
McFarlane

Second
Emilie
Rafnson

Lead
Sarah
Pyke

Kristy Watling (Winnipeg, MB) lost 7-5 to Mackenzie Zacharias (Altona, MB) in the Final of the Manitoba Scotties, held December 14 - 19, 2021 in Carberry, Manitoba. To advance to the championship game, Watling won 8-6 over Kaitlyn Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2022 Manitoba Scotties in Carberry, Manitoba;

Watling finished 6-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Watling defeated Meghan Walter (East St. Paul, MB) 8-5, then won 11-3 against Shae Bevan (Winnipeg, MB) and 10-5 against Jennifer Clark-Rouire (Miami, MB). Watling won 7-4 against Jones, then won 9-7 against Tracy Fleury (East St. Paul, MB). Watling went on to lose 10-2 against Zacharias. Watling responded with a 10-7 win over Kristy McDonald (Winnipeg, MB). Watling went on to lose 7-5 against Darcy Robertson (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Manitoba Scotties, Watling take home 21.271 world rankings points. Watling move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 6.988 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 38th overall with 99.956 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Watling ranks 26th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 75.706 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	25	16	0	0.610	4-1	6-0	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	296	254	216	8.58	7.30	1.28	4.66	4.66	1.84	1.57	0.68

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	136	171	58	8	9-1	10-3	32-11	1.26	0.43	0.40	0.28

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	160	83	158	12	4-2	4-8	15-35	0.52	0.99	0.55	0.30

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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