Varnes Reaches 2017 Spider Performance Icebreaker at The Granite Semifinals

SKIP
Rhonda
Varnes

Third
Jenna
Loder

Second
Katherine
Doerksen

Lead
Danielle
Robinson

Rhonda Varnes (Winnipeg, MB) run at the 2017 Spider Performance Icebreaker at The Granite came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-4 loss to Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, MB). of the 2017 Spider Performance Icebreaker at The Granite in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; of the 2017 Spider Performance Icebreaker at The Granite in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

Varnes finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Varnes lost 4-1 to Briane Meilleur (Winnipeg, MB), then responded with a 7-4 win over Einarson. Varnes won 8-4 against Mandy Selzer (Balgonie, SK), then won 5-4 against Robyn Silvernagle (North Battleford, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

Varnes earned 16.188 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Spider Performance Icebreaker at The Granite, moving up 7 spots the World Ranking Standings into 47th place overall with 74.914 total points. Varnes ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 16.188 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

2019: Tracy Fleury
Tracy Fleury, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish
East St. Paul, MB
2018: Darcy Robertson
Darcy Robertson, Karen Klein, Vanessa Foster, Theresa Cannon
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish
Winnipeg, MB

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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