CHAMPION: Kaldvee Wins 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships

SKIP
Marie
Kaldvee

Third
Liisa
Turmann

Second
Kerli
Laidsalu

Lead
Erika
Tuvike

Marie Kaldvee (Tallinn, EST) won 10-3 over Alzbeta Zelingrova (Prague, CZE) in the Final of the Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships, held November 19 - 26, 2022 in Ostersund, Sweden. To advance to the championship game, Kaldvee won 7-6 over Virginija Paulauskaite (Vilnius, LTU) in the semifinals of the 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships in Ostersund, Sweden;

Kaldvee finished 9-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kaldvee defeated Miia Ahrenberg (Hyvinkaa, FIN) 11-5, then won 14-4 against Lydia Valles (San-Sebastian, ESP) and 7-6 against Lisa Farnell (Kent, ENG). Kaldvee won 5-3 against Marijke Reitsma (Kitzbuehel, AUT), then won 9-3 against Gabriela Kajanova (Bratislava, SVK). Kaldvee went on to lose 8-5 against Zelingrova. Kaldvee responded with a 10-2 win over Caro van Oosterwyck (Zemst, BEL). Kaldvee won 10-2 against Kajanova, then won 10-9 against Paulauskaite and 7-6 against Paulauskaite in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships Championship title, Kaldvee earned 22.500 world rankings points. For week 17 of the event schedule, Kaldvee did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Kaldvee ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

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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