CHAMPION: Menard Wins Invitation Valleyfield

Amos, Quebec

Fourth
Felix
Asselin

SKIP
Jean-Michel
Menard

Second
Martin
Crete

Lead
Jean-Francois
Trepanier

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	8.14
PA/G:	4.42
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	1.00
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Jean-Michel Menard (Amos, QC) won 6-5 over Pierre-Luc Morissette (Boucherville, QC) in the Final of the Invitation Valleyfield, held September 25 - 28 at the Valleyfield Curling Club in , Quebec. To advance to the championship game, Menard won 5-3 over Julien Tremblay (Levis, QC) in the semifinals of the Invitation Valleyfield in , Quebec; and won 5-4 over Mike Kennedy (Chicoutimi, QC) in the quarterfinals. of the Invitation Valleyfield in , Quebec;

Menard finished 3-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Menard defeated Adam Bedard (Noranda, QC) 6-3, then won 7-2 against Anne Sophie Gionest (Alma, QC) and 6-2 against Tom Wharry (Valleyfield, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Invitation Valleyfield Championship title, Menard earned 10.500 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 10 of the event schedule, Menard did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Menard ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2025: Jean-Michel Menard
Felix Asselin, Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Jean-Francois Trepanier
Amos, QC
2024: Julien Tremblay
Julien Tremblay, Jean-Michel Arsenault, Jesse Mullen, Philippe Brassard
Quebec, QC
2023: Jean-Michel Arsenault
Julien Tremblay, Jean-Michel Arsenault, Jesse Mullen, Philippe Brassard , Eric Sylvain
Levis, QC
2022: Felix Asselin
Felix Asselin, Martin Crete, Emile Asselin, Jean-Francois Trepanier
Montreal, QC

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