CHAMPION: Birchard Wins 2017 MCT Championships

SKIP
Shannon
Birchard

Third
Nicole
Sigvaldason

Second
Sheyna
Andries

Lead
Mariah
Mondor

Shannon Birchard (Winnipeg, MB) won 5-4 over Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the MCT Championships, held December 8 - 10, 2017 at the East St. Paul Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Birchard won 6-5 over Darcy Robertson (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2017 MCT Championships in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; and won 7-4 over Barb Spencer (winnnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 MCT Championships in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

Birchard finished 2-2 in the 11-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birchard defeated Beth Peterson (Winnipeg, MB) 5-4, then went on to lose 7-2 against Robertson. Birchard lost 6-2 to Einarson where Birchard responded with a 5-2 win over Joelle Brown (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the MCT Championships Championship title, Birchard earned 25.647 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 29th place overall with 223.569 total points. Birchard ranks 23rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 114.240 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

2021: Mackenzie Zacharias
Mackenzie Zacharias, Karlee Burgess, Emily Zacharias, Lauren Lenentine , Sheldon Zacharias
Altona, MB
2019: Ryan Wiebe
Ryan Wiebe, Carter Watkins, Sean Flatt, Adam Flatt
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Kristy Watling
Kristy Watling, Christine MacKay, Taylor Maida, Katrina Thiessen, Kyla Grabowski
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Beth Peterson
Beth Peterson, Jenna Loder, Katherine Doerksen, Melissa Kurz, Robyn Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Shannon Birchard
Shannon Birchard, Nicole Sigvaldason, Sheyna Andries, Mariah Mondor
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Darcy Robertson
Darcy Robertson, Karen Klein, Vanessa Foster, Michelle Madden
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Michelle Montford
Michelle Montford, Lisa McLeod, Sara Van Walleghem, Sarah Neufeld, Courtney Blanchard
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Michelle Montford
Michelle Montford, Lisa McLeod, Sara Van Walleghem, Sarah Neufeld, Courtney Blanchard
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Joelle Brown
Joelle Brown, Alyssa Calvert, Jolene Callum, Kelsey Hinds
Winnipeg, MB
2012: Barb Spencer
Barb Spencer, Katie Spencer, Ainsley Champagne, Raunora Westcott
Winnipeg, MB
2011: Chelsea Carey
Chelsea Carey, Kristy McDonald, Kristen Foster, Lindsay Warkentin
Winnipeg, MB
2006: Jan Sandison
Jan Sandison, Tammy Schoenrath, Cheryl Tresoor, Jill Proctor
Dugald, 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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