CHAMPION: Gray-Withers Wins 2023 U25 NextGen Classic

SKIP
Serena
Gray-Withers

Third
Catherine
Clifford

Second
Brianna
Cullen

Lead
Zoe
Cinnamon

Serena Gray-Withers (Edmonton, AB) won 7-3 over Abby Marks (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the U25 NextGen Classic, held August 29 - September 2, 2023 at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Gray-Withers won 5-2 over Paige Bown (Navan, ON) in the semifinals of the 2023 U25 NextGen Classic in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Gray-Withers finished 5-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gray-Withers defeated Melodie Forsythe (Fredericton, NB) 9-5, then won 7-1 against Holly Hafeli (Kamloops, BC) and 5-4 against Mackenzie Kiemele (Toronto, ON). Gray-Withers won 9-1 against Grace Beaudry (Calgary, AB), then won 5-4 against Skylar Ackerman (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the U25 NextGen Classic Championship title, Gray-Withers earned 18.750 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 28th place overall with 123.000 total points. Gray-Withers ranks 17th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 18.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	50	29	0	0.633	18-5	7-6	5-3	0-2	1-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	616	531	392	8.62	6.36	2.26	4.94	4.29	1.75	1.48	0.78

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	301	382	97	22	16-0	23-7	78-10	1.27	0.32	0.42	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	315	149	295	26	7-3	6-19	15-56	0.47	0.94	0.59	0.31

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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