CHAMPION: Watling Wins 2025 MCT Challenge

SKIP
Kristy
Watling

Third
Laura
Burtnyk

Second
Emily
Deschenes

Lead
Sarah
Pyke

Kristy Watling (Winnipeg, MB) won 10-3 over Lisa McLeod (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the MCT Challenge, held September 26 - 28, 2025 at the St. Vital Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Watling won 4-3 over Rachel Kaatz (Winnipeg, MB) to advance to the championship game. of the 2025 MCT Challenge in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; of the 2025 MCT Challenge in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

Watling finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Watling defeated Manitoba's Shae Bevan 1-0, then went on to lose 9-3 against Darcy Robertson (Winnipeg, MB). Watling responded with a 10-2 win over Cheyenne Ehnes (Winnipeg, MB). Watling won 7-2 against Kaatz in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the MCT Challenge Championship title, Watling earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $2,500CDN first prize cheque, moving up 6 spots the World Ranking Standings into 46th place overall with 67.285 total points. Watling ranks 36th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 22.425 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	17	20	0	0.459	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
2026	254	207	208	8.15	8.19	-0.04	4.92	4.65	1.66	1.76	0.43

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	130	128	80	6	5-2	9-7	16-15	0.98	0.62	0.24	0.35

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	124	79	128	5	4-3	4-5	11-35	0.64	1.03	0.41	0.37

2025: Kristy Watling
Kristy Watling, Laura Burtnyk, Emily Deschenes, Sarah Pyke , Tom Clasper
Winnipeg, MB
2024: Lisa McLeod
Lisa McLeod, Christine MacKay, Victoria Beaudry, Jolene Callum
Winnipeg, MB
2023: Beth Peterson
Beth Peterson, Jenna Loder, Katherine Remillard, Melissa Kurz, Kelsey Calvert
Winnipeg, MB