Markle3-1 at Ontario Scotties Open Qualifier

SKIP
Julia
Markle

Third
Evelyn
Robert

Second
Scotia
Maltman

Lead
Sadie
McCutcheon

Julia Markle (London, ON) finished 3-1 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Markle defeated Marteen Jones (Acton, ON) 9-6, then won 5-3 against Sarah Bailey (Niagara Falls, ON). Markle went on to lose 6-4 against Sierra Sutherland (Ottawa, ON). Markle responded with a 8-6 win over Shelley Hardy (Sarnia, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Markle earned 4.250 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Ontario Scotties Open Qualifier, moving up 24 spots the World Ranking Standings into 136th place overall with 11.205 total points. Markle ranks 137th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.188 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	21	14	0	0.600	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	302	224	187	7.42	6.19	1.23	4.70	4.27	1.58	1.45	1.03

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	150	166	51	14	3-1	13-1	32-7	1.11	0.34	0.35	0.26

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	152	58	136	17	1-1	2-8	6-27	0.38	0.89	0.60	0.30

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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