CHAMPION: Markle Wins 2024 U21 Ontario Provincials

London, Ontario

SKIP
Julia
Markle

Third
Evelyn
Robert

Second
Scotia
Maltman

Lead
Sadie
McCutcheon

Games:	8
Record:	8W - 0L
PF/G:	8.61
PA/G:	3.89
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.44

Julia Markle (London, ON) won 6-1 over Ava Acres (Ottawa, ON) in the Final Markle advanced directly to the championship game after finishing first in the preliminary round. of the U21 Ontario Provincials, held February 28 - March 2, 2024 at the Dundas Valley Golf and Curling Club in Dundas, Canada.

Markle finished 7-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Markle defeated Isabelle Daigle (Ottawa, ON) 10-5, then won 8-5 against Katelin Langford (Peterborough, ON) and 7-4 against Acres. Markle won 7-2 against Charlotte Johnston (Barrie, ON), then won 10-4 against Abbey Parkinson (Dundas, ON) and 7-3 against Daniela Aucoin (Grimsby, ON). Markle won 7-4 against Jenny Madden (Ottawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the U21 Ontario Provincials Championship title, Markle earned 3.750 world rankings points, moving up 15 spots the World Ranking Standings into 125th place overall with 12.876 total points. Markle ranks 125th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.876 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

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