CHAMPION: Roberge Wins 2022 Classic Baie d'Urfe

Levis, Quebec

SKIP
Francois
Roberge

Third
Maxime
Elmaleh

Second
Eric
Sylvain

Lead
Jean
Gagnon

Games:	5
Record:	5W - 0L
PF/G:	16.07
PA/G:	5.36
Hammer Efficiency:	0.85
Steal Defense:	0.07
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Francois Roberge (Levis, QC) won 6-3 over Sylvain Bellavance (Boucherville, QC) in the Final of the Classic Baie d'Urfe, held October 20 - 23, 2022 at the Baie d'Urfé Curling Club in Baie d'Urfé, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Roberge won 7-4 over Robert Desjardins (Quebec, QC) to advance to the championship game. of the 2022 Classic Baie d'Urfe in Baie d'Urfé, Quebec, Canada; of the 2022 Classic Baie d'Urfe in Baie d'Urfé, Quebec, Canada;

Roberge finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Roberge defeated Martin Begin (Laval-sur-la-Lac, QC) 12-2, then won 11-2 against Bellavance and 9-4 against Quebec's Pierre Chayer in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Classic Baie d'Urfe Championship title, Roberge earned 11.250 world rankings points along with the $1,420CDN first prize cheque. For week 12 of the event schedule, Roberge did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 42nd to 46th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 69.434 total points. Roberge ranks 40th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 34.750 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

2018: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Jim Stewart, Dan deWaard, Daniel Caron
Gatineau, QC
2017: Jean-Sebastien Roy
Robert Desjardins, Jean-Sebastien Roy, Pierre-Luc Morissette, Thierry Fournier
Chicoutimi, QC
2016: Jean-Sebastien Roy
Jean-Sebastien Roy, Jasmin Gibeau, Dan deWaard, Vincent Bourget
Thurso, QC

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