CHAMPION: Bouchard/Charest Wins 2023 Goldline Tour Finals

Veronique Bouchard/Jean-Francois Charest (Saguenay, QC) won 9-3 over Emy Lafrance/Jesse Mullen (Montreal, QC) in the Final of the Goldline Tour Finals, held March 10 - 12, 2023 at the Chicoutimi Curling Club in Chicoutimi, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Bouchard/Charest won 7-6 over Emilie Desjardins/Robert Desjardins (Saguenay, QC) in the semifinals of the 2023 Goldline Tour Finals in Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada; and won 9-7 over Audrey Laplante/Jasmin Gibeau (Outaouais, QC) in the quarterfinals.

Bouchard/Charest finished 2-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bouchard/Charest defeated Francoise Gerbaulet/Michel Caie (Montreal, QC) 11-3, then won 6-5 against Lisianne Ouellet/Guillaume Rousseau (Riviere-du-Loup, QC). Bouchard/Charest went on to lose 6-2 against Edith Cottenoir/Yannick Martel (Saguenay, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Goldline Tour Finals Championship title, Bouchard/Charest earned 22.500 world rankings points along with the $1,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 709th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 12.227 after improving upon their best so far this season. Bouchard/Charest ranks 21st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 82.096 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	21	15	0	0.583	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	249	253	198	10.16	7.95	2.21	5.14	4.86	1.98	1.64	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	119	154	67	0	14-2	7-3	19-9	1.29	0.56	0.34	0.39

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	130	99	131	0	2-3	11-7	16-31	0.76	1.01	0.45	0.42

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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