Black Runner-Up at 2022 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic

SKIP
Christina
Black

Third
Jenn
Baxter

Second
Karlee
Everist

Lead
Shelley
Barker

Christina Black (Halifax, NS) lost 5-4 to Kaitlyn Lawes (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic, held November 9 - 13, 2022 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. To advance to the championship game, Black won 5-4 over Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2022 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia; and won 7-4 over Stacie Curtis (St. John's, NL) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia;

Black finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Black defeated Brigitte MacPhail (Iqaluit, NU) 10-2, then won 9-1 against Emily Deschenes (Chester, NS) and 5-4 against Jones in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic, Black take home 22.000 world rankings points along with the $4,500CDN prize, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 16th place overall with 138.258 total points. Black ranks 20th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 71.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	41	12	0	0.774	9-2	5-4	3-1	0-0	2-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	400	386	221	9.65	5.53	4.13	5.25	3.83	1.84	1.44	0.93

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	187	258	51	14	5-0	26-4	51-9	1.38	0.27	0.47	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	213	128	170	23	9-0	6-6	15-39	0.60	0.80	0.62	0.33

2023: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Selina Witschonke, Carole Howald , Pierre Charette
Aarau, SUI
2022: Kaitlyn Lawes
Kaitlyn Lawes, Selena Njegovan, Jocelyn Peterman, Kristin MacCuish
Winnipeg, MB
2021: Suzanne Birt
Suzanne Birt, Marie Christianson, Meaghan Hughes, Michelle Shea , Kathy O'Rourke
Charlottetown, PEI

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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