Black Runner-Up at 2023 Summer Series

SKIP
Christina
Black

Third
Jenn
Baxter

Second
Karlee
Everist

Lead
Shelley
Barker

Christina Black (Halifax, NS) lost 5-4 to Danielle Inglis (Ottawa, ON) in the Final of the Summer Series, held August 24 - 27, 2023 in St-Felicien, Quebec. To advance to the championship game, Black won 7-3 over Laurie St-Georges (Montreal, QC) in the semifinals of the 2023 Summer Series in St-Felicien, Quebec; and won 5-3 over Lauren Mann (Timmins, NONT) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Summer Series in St-Felicien, Quebec;

Black finished 3-1 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Black defeated Kelsey Boyd (Montreal, QC) 7-1, then won 6-4 against Lauren Horton (Montreal, QC) and 8-4 against Leanne Fortin (Saguenay, QC). Black went on to lose 9-5 against Inglis in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Summer Series, Black take home 19.250 world rankings points along with the $3,500CDN prize. For week 5 of the event schedule, Black did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 250th to 254th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 1.125 total points. Black ranks 123rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	4	9	0	0.308	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
2024	92	59	78	6.41	8.48	-2.07	4.46	4.89	1.44	1.73	0.65

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	51	43	29	3	1-1	0-2	10-4	0.84	0.57	0.23	0.35

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	41	16	49	3	0-3	1-4	3-4	0.39	1.20	0.59	0.27

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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