Backman1-2 at 2021 Tim Hortons Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel

SKIP
Kelly
Backman

Third
Stephanie
Guzzwell

Second
Liz
Woodworth

Lead
Julia
Colter

Kelly Backman (Halifax, NS) finished 1-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Backman lost 7-2 to Veronica Smith (Charlotte, PEI), then responded with a 7-1 win over Nancy McConnery (Halifax, NS). Backman went on to lose 8-5 against Shelly Bradley (Charlottetown, PEI) in their final qualifying round match.

Backman earned 1.155 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, dropping 4 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 116th place overall with 17.923 total points. Backman ranks 143rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.119 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

2022: Christina Black
Christina Black, Jenn Baxter, Karlee Everist, Shelley Barker
Halifax, NS
2021: Christina Black
Christina Black, Jenn Baxter, Karlee Everist, Shelley Barker
Halifax, NS
2019: Suzanne Birt
Suzanne Birt, Marie Christianson, Meaghan Hughes, Michelle Shea
Charlottetown, PEI
2018: Sylvie Quillian
Sylvie Quillian, Melissa Adams, Nicole Arsenault-Bishop, Kendra Lister, Jaclyn Crandall
Moncton , NB
2017: Julie McEvoy
Julie McEvoy, Danielle Parsons, Sheena Moore, Jill Thomas
Halifax, NS
2016: Colleen Jones
Colleen Jones, Kim Kelly, Mary Sue Radford, Nancy Delahunt
Halifax, NS
2015: Theresa Breen
Theresa Breen, Tanya Hilliard, Jocelyn Adams-Moss, Amanda England
Halifax, NS

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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