Kitz/Stewart Runner-Up at 2021 Nufloors Vernon MD Curling Classic

Chaelynn Kitz/Brayden Stewart (Saskatoon, SK) lost 8-3 to Nancy Martin/Tyrel Griffith (Saskatoon , SK) in the Final of the Nufloors Vernon MD Curling Classic, held December 3 - 5, 2021 in Vernon, British Columbia. To advance to the championship game, Kitz/Stewart won 7-5 over Holly Hafeli/Mitchell Kopytko (Vernon, BC) in the semifinals of the 2021 Nufloors Vernon MD Curling Classic in Vernon, British Columbia; and won 6-4 over Karly King-Simpson/Connar Croteau (Victoria/Campbell River, BC) in the quarterfinals.

Kitz/Stewart finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kitz/Stewart defeated British Columbia's Rhonda Wynn/Ron Russell 9-1, then won 8-3 against British Columbia's Mikayla Czirfusz/Andrew Nerpin and 7-1 against British Columbia's Brette Richards/Mark Taylor in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Nufloors Vernon MD Curling Classic, Kitz/Stewart take home 18.984 world rankings points along with the $1,500CDN prize, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 115.271 total points. Kitz/Stewart ranks 27th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 48.723 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	25	13	0	0.658	1-0	0-2	0-1	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	263	272	194	10.34	7.38	2.97	5.25	4.68	1.97	1.58	0.08

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	132	201	55	0	14-0	18-2	25-11	1.52	0.42	0.43	0.30

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	131	71	139	2	1-1	4-11	13-30	0.54	1.06	0.49	0.35

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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