CHAMPION: Duncan Wins 2021 Stu Sells Toronto Tankard

SKIP
Hollie
Duncan

Third
Megan
Balsdon

Second
Rachelle
Strybosch

Lead
Tess
Guyatt

Hollie Duncan (Woodstock , ON) won 7-2 over Shannon Jay (St. Thomas, ON) in the Final of the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard, held October 8 - 11, 2021 at the High Park Club in Toronto, . To advance to the championship game, Duncan won 7-1 over Mackenzie Zacharias (Altona, MB) in the semifinals of the 2021 Stu Sells Toronto Tankard in Toronto; and won 4-3 over Jacqueline Harrison (Dundas, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 Stu Sells Toronto Tankard in Toronto;

Duncan finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Duncan defeated Isabelle Ladouceur (Sudbury, NONT) 5-4, then went on to lose 8-4 against Danielle Inglis (Mississauga, ON). Duncan responded with a 8-2 win over Calissa Daly (Toronto, ON). Duncan won 7-3 against Eunjung Kim (Gangneung, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard Championship title, Duncan earned 37.229 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN first prize cheque. Duncan move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 13.925 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 16th overall with 128.534 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Duncan ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 69.598 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	37	21	0	0.638	9-2	5-6	1-3	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	449	390	296	8.69	6.59	2.09	4.99	4.28	1.74	1.54	0.74

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	209	273	62	13	8-0	19-4	58-8	1.31	0.30	0.43	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	240	117	234	20	5-3	4-11	20-56	0.49	0.98	0.52	0.31

2023: Eunjung Kim
Eunjung Kim, Kyeongae Kim, Chohi Kim, Seonyeong Kim, Yeongmi Kim, Myungsup Lim
Gangneung, KOR
2022: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Carole Howald, Briar Schwaller
Aarau, SUI
2021: Hollie Duncan
Hollie Duncan, Megan Balsdon, Rachelle Strybosch, Tess Guyatt, Julie Tippin
Woodstock , ON
2020: Lauren Mann
Lauren Mann, Kira Brunton, Cheryl Kreviazuk, Karen Trines
Ottawa, ON
2019: Kira Brunton
Kira Brunton, Lindsay Dubue, Calissa Daly, Jessica Leonard
Sudbury, NO
2018: Kira Brunton
Kira Brunton, Megan Smith, Sara Guy, Kate Sherry , Rodney Guy
Sudbury, ON
2017: Julie Tippin
Julie Tippin, Chantal Duhaime, Rachelle Strybosch, Tess Guyatt
, ON
2016: Sherry Middaugh
Sherry Middaugh, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Lee Merklinger, Leigh Armstrong, Kimberly Tuck
, ON
2015: Erika Brown
Erika Brown, Allison Pottinger, Nicole Joraanstad, Natalie Nicholson
, WI
2014: Sherry Middaugh
Sherry Middaugh, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Lee Merklinger, Leigh Armstrong, Lori Eddy
, ON
2013: Alli Flaxey
Alli Flaxey, Katie Cottrill, Lynn Kreviazuk, Morgan Lavell
, ON
2012: Mary-Anne Arsenault
Mary-Anne Arsenault, Colleen Jones, Kim Kelly, Jenn Baxter, Nancy Delahunt
Halifax, NS
2011: Cathy Auld
Cathy Auld, Janet Murphy, Stephanie Matheson, Melissa Foster, Mary Chilvers
Mississauga, ON
2010: Julie Hastings
Julie Hastings, Christy Trombley, Stacey Smith, Katrina Sale
Toronto, ON

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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