Watling Runner-Up at 2023 MCT Shootout

SKIP
Kristy
Watling

Third
Laura
Burtnyk

Second
Emily
Deschenes

Lead
Sarah
Pyke

Kristy Watling (Winnipeg, MB) lost 1-0 to Jolene Campbell (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the MCT Shootout, held October 13 - 15, 2023 at the Selkirk Curling Club in Selkirk, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Watling won 1-0 over Jennifer Clark-Rouire (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals

Watling finished 3-1 in the 11-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Watling defeated Emma Jensen (Winnipeg, MB) 7-6, then won 8-3 against Patty Wallingham (Whitehorse, YK) and 5-4 against Rhonda Varnes (Winnipeg, MB). Watling went on to lose 1-0 against Beth Peterson (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the MCT Shootout, Watling take home 8.250 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN prize. Watling move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 4.5 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 49th overall with 62.625 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Watling ranks 48th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 23.063 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	41	31	0	0.569	4-4	7-3	3-0	2-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	510	411	379	8.06	7.43	0.63	4.88	4.51	1.65	1.65	0.61

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	239	291	92	10	8-2	17-6	62-14	1.22	0.38	0.38	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	271	120	287	21	2-6	6-15	22-66	0.44	1.06	0.49	0.30

2023: Kristy Watling
Kristy Watling, Laura Burtnyk, Emily Deschenes, Sarah Pyke
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Meghan Walter
Meghan Walter, Morgan Reimer, Lauryn Kuzyk, Mackenzie Elias
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Jennifer Clark-Rouire
Jennifer Clark-Rouire, Lisa McLeod, Jolene Callum, Sydney Arnal, Brooklyn Meiklejohn
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Joelle Brown
Joelle Brown, Susan Baleja, Natalie Claude-Harding, Carlene Strand
Winnipeg, MB

Duluth's Korey Dropkin (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) is set to begin their tour season at the Euro Super Series in Stirling, Scotland.

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