Wilkes/Thiessen Runner-Up at 2021 Alberta Curling Series: Leduc

Sarah Wilkes/Bradley Thiessen (Edmonton, AB) lost 7-3 to Abby Marks/Marc Kennedy (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Alberta Curling Series: Leduc, held August 27 - 29, 2021 in Leduc, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Wilkes/Thiessen won 7-5 over Sarah Anderson/Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) in the semifinals of the 2021 Alberta Curling Series: Leduc in Leduc, Alberta; and won 10-5 over Lisa Parent/Tyler Powell (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals.

Wilkes/Thiessen finished 3-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wilkes/Thiessen defeated Kelsie Cygan/Ethan Chung (Edmonton, AB) 5-4, then won 9-8 against Marks/Kennedy and 8-5 against Anderson/Dropkin in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Alberta Curling Series: Leduc, Wilkes/Thiessen take home 0.000 world rankings points along with the $900CDN prize. For week 5 of the event schedule, Wilkes/Thiessen did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 778th place on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Wilkes/Thiessen ranks 74th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 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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