CHAMPION: Rocque Wins 2016 CCT Uiseong Masters

SKIP
Kelsey
Rocque

Third
Laura
Walker

Second
Taylor
McDonald

Lead
Jen
Gates

Kelsey Rocque (Edmonton, AB) won 5-1 over Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau PwC, SUI) in the Final of the CCT Uiseong Masters, held March 4 - 11, 2016 in Uiseong, Korea.

Rocque finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rocque defeated Ji Suk Kim (JeonBuk, KOR) 6-3, then won 8-5 against Ayumi Ogasawara (Sapporo, JPN) and 6-4 against Allison Flaxey (Caledon, ON). Rocque went on to lose 6-3 against Tirinzoni in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the CCT Uiseong Masters Championship title, Rocque earned 47.434 world rankings points along with the $58,805CDN first prize cheque. Rocque move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 39.458 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 11th overall with 381.895 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Rocque ranks 7th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 257.890 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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