CHAMPION: Marks/Kennedy Wins 2021 Alberta Curling Series: Leduc

Abby Marks/Marc Kennedy (Edmonton, AB) won 7-3 over Sarah Wilkes/Bradley Thiessen (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, Marks/Kennedy won 6-3 over Brittany Tran/Aaron Sluchinski (Calgary, AB) in the semifinals of the 2021 Alberta Curling Series: Leduc in Leduc, Alberta; and won 7-6 over Kayla Skrlik/Jeremy Harty (Calgary, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 Alberta Curling Series: Leduc in Leduc, Alberta;

Marks/Kennedy finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Marks/Kennedy defeated Krista Shortridge/Brady Gillies (Lethbridge, AB) 7-3, then went on to lose 9-8 against Wilkes/Thiessen. Marks/Kennedy responded with a 8-0 win over Christa Shulman/Rodney Ouellette (Rocky Mountain House, AB). Marks/Kennedy won 7-6 against Paige Papley/David Nedohin (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Alberta Curling Series: Leduc Championship title, Marks/Kennedy earned 0.000 world rankings points along with the $1,300CDN first prize cheque. For week 5 of the event schedule, Marks/Kennedy did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 778th place on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Marks/Kennedy ranks 169th 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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