CHAMPION: Kennedy Wins Tournoi Equinoxe Open

Saguenay, Quebec

SKIP
Mike
Kennedy

Third
Francois
Gionest

Second
Rene
Dubois

Lead
Stewart
Yaxley

Games:	4
Record:	3W - 1L
PF/G:	11.85
PA/G:	7.04
Hammer Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Defense:	0.36
Force Efficiency:	0.78
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Mike Kennedy (Saguenay, QC) won 5-4 over Sylvain Bellavance (Montreal, 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, Kennedy won 8-3 over Zackary Wise (Montreal, MTL) in the semifinals of the Tournoi Equinoxe Open in , Quebec; and won 11-6 over Paul Lalonde (Montreal, QC) in the quarterfinals. of the Tournoi Equinoxe Open in , Quebec;

Kennedy finished 2-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kennedy defeated Antoine Sambin (Montreal, QC) 8-2, then won 7-3 against Zachary Janidlo (Pointe-Claire, QC). Kennedy went on to lose 8-5 against Lalonde in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Tournoi Equinoxe Open Championship title, Kennedy earned 5.250 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 8 of the event schedule, Kennedy did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Kennedy 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

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