CHAMPION: Brown Wins 2018 The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul

SKIP
Joelle
Brown

Third
Susan
Baleja

Second
Natalie
Claude-Harding

Lead
Carlene
Strand

Joelle Brown (Winnipeg, MB) won 6-4 over Abby Ackland (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul, held November 23 - 26, 2018 at the East St. Paul Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Brown won 5-4 over Darcy Robertson (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2018 The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; and won 11-4 over Jennifer Clark-Rouire (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

Brown finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Brown defeated Lisa Hale (Dauphin, MB) 7-3, then went on to lose 7-3 against Clark-Rouire. Brown responded with a 9-4 win over Terry Ursel (Arden C.C., MB). Brown went on to lose 5-4 against Ackland. Brown responded with a 7-3 win over Rachel Burtnyk (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the The Sunova Spiel at East St. Paul Championship title, Brown earned 26.678 world rankings points along with the $2,900CDN first prize cheque, moving up 25 spots the World Ranking Standings into 62nd place overall with 70.140 total points. Brown ranks 51st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 55.533 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

2023: Kristy Watling
Kristy Watling, Laura Burtnyk, Emily Deschenes, Sarah Pyke
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Mackenzie Zacharias
Mackenzie Zacharias, Karlee Burgess, Emily Zacharias, Lauren Lenentine
Altona, MB
2018: Joelle Brown
Joelle Brown, Susan Baleja, Natalie Claude-Harding, Carlene Strand
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Barb Spencer
Barb Spencer, Katie Spencer, Holly Spencer, Allyson Spencer
winnnipeg, MB
2016: Tracy Fleury
Tracy Fleury, Jennifer Wylie, Jenna Enge, Amanda Gates, Crystal Webster
Sudbury, NONT
2015: Jennifer Clark-Rouire
Jennifer Clark-Rouire, Rachel Kaatz, Lindsay Warkentin, Kylee Calvert
Winnipeg , MB
2014: Michelle Montford
Michelle Montford, Lisa McLeod, Sara Van Walleghem, Sarah Neufeld, Courtney Blanchard
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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