Gionest/Desjardins Reaches GOLDLINE Mixed Doubles Royal Montreal Semifinals

Anne Sophie Gionest/Robert Desjardins (Chicoutimi, QC) run at the GOLDLINE Mixed Doubles Royal Montreal came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-4 loss to Emilia Gagne/Pierre-Luc Morissette (QuÃ©bec, QC). of the GOLDLINE Mixed Doubles Royal Montreal in , Quebec; Gionest/Desjardins advanced through the quarterfinals with a 9-2 win over Clare Moores/Lance Wheeler (Denver, CO).

Gionest/Desjardins finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gionest/Desjardins defeated Sarah Leask/Shawn Aumond (Montreal, QC) 10-2, then won 5-2 against Edith Cottenoir/Yannick Martel (Saguenay, QC) and 8-3 against Claudie Beaulieu/Yannick Pelletier (RiviÃ¨re-du-Loup, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

Gionest/Desjardins earned 10.625 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the GOLDLINE Mixed Doubles Royal Montreal. Gionest/Desjardins move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 3.876 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 806th overall with 82.252 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Gionest/Desjardins ranks 10th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 82.252 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	31	13	0	0.705	8-1	4-2	4-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	302	291	211	9.64	6.99	2.65	5.33	4.64	1.81	1.51	0.03

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	149	205	61	1	11-0	21-2	28-8	1.38	0.41	0.41	0.33

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	153	86	150	0	0-5	5-8	14-28	0.56	0.98	0.55	0.41

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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