Papley/van Amsterdam Runner-Up at 2021 Alberta Curling Series: Beaumont

Paige Papley/Evan van Amsterdam (Edmonton, AB) lost 8-3 to Val Sweeting/Marc Kennedy (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Alberta Curling Series: Beaumont, held December 10 - 12, 2021 in Beaumont, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Papley/van Amsterdam won 6-1 over Megan Johnson/Ryan Fenrich (Okotoks, AB) in the semifinals

Papley/van Amsterdam finished 4-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Papley/van Amsterdam defeated Krista Shortridge/Brady Gillies (Lethbridge, AB) 9-5, then won 10-2 against Pittman/Cody Smith (Okotoks, AB) and 9-5 against Sweeting/Kennedy. Papley/van Amsterdam won 9-7 against Cheryl Damen/Tyler van Amsterdam (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Alberta Curling Series: Beaumont, Papley/van Amsterdam take home 10.716 world rankings points along with the $637CDN prize, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 31.542 total points. Papley/van Amsterdam ranks 74th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 19.530 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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