Bellavance Runner-Up at Tournoi Equinoxe Open

SKIP
Sylvain
Bellavance

Third
Andre
Bellavance

Second
Mario
Dion

Lead
Patrick
Bedard

Sylvain Bellavance (Montreal, QC) lost 5-4 to Mike Kennedy (Saguenay, QC) in the Final of the Tournoi Equinoxe Open, held September 12 - 14 at the Ville Mont Royal Curling Club in , Quebec. To advance to the championship game, Bellavance won 5-4 over David Robillard (Montrreal, QC) in the semifinals of the Tournoi Equinoxe Open in , Quebec; and won 5-4 over Leandre Girard (Saguenay, QC) in the quarterfinals. of the Tournoi Equinoxe Open in , Quebec;

Bellavance finished 2-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bellavance defeated Robert Filion (Montreal, QC) 8-2, then won 8-2 against Guy Cloutier (Gatineau, QC). Bellavance went on to lose 11-4 against Mathieu Tremblay (Laval-sur-la-lac, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Tournoi Equinoxe Open, Bellavance take home 3.850 world rankings points along with the $1,500CDN prize, moving up 48 spots the World Ranking Standings into 168th place overall with 8.600 total points. Bellavance ranks 74th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.850 points earned so far this season.