CHAMPION: Hopson/Tippett Wins GOLDLINE Mixed Doubles Mont-Bruno

Erica Hopson/Kevin Tippett (Ottawa, ON) won 9-1 over Aline Fellmann/Chris Kovalchuk (Montreal, QC) in the Final of the GOLDLINE Mixed Doubles Mont-Bruno, held January 12 - 14 at the Mont Bruno Curling Club in , Quebec. To advance to the championship game, Hopson/Tippett won 7-6 over Veronique Bouchard/Jean-Francois Charest (Chicoutimi, QC) in the semifinals of the GOLDLINE Mixed Doubles Mont-Bruno in , Quebec; and won 6-4 over Candice Johnston/Sean Harrison (Newmarket, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the GOLDLINE Mixed Doubles Mont-Bruno in , Quebec;

Hopson/Tippett finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hopson/Tippett defeated Erica Robertson/Charles-Etienne Robertson (Montreal, QC) 10-1, then won 10-7 against Amelie Maheux/David Maheux (St-Bruno, QC) and 8-4 against Jade Dubois/Michael Charbonneau (Montreal, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the GOLDLINE Mixed Doubles Mont-Bruno Championship title, Hopson/Tippett earned 11.250 world rankings points along with the $1,200CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 14.156 total points. Hopson/Tippett ranks 105th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 11.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	8	3	0	0.727	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	73	77	59	10.55	8.08	2.47	5.89	4.11	1.79	1.97	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	34	53	15	0	3-0	6-1	7-4	1.56	0.44	0.47	0.26

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	39	24	44	0	0-2	0-6	6-5	0.62	1.13	0.38	0.46

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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