Binette-Lavoie/Gravel Runner-Up at 2019 GOLDLINE Amos Mixed Doubles

Danae Binette-Lavoie/Mathieu Gravel (Val d'Or, QC) lost 1-0 to Gabrielle Simard/Philippe Simard (Amos, QC) in the Final of the GOLDLINE Amos Mixed Doubles, held October 17 - 20, 2019 at the Amos Curling Club in Amos, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Binette-Lavoie/Gravel won 1-0 over Sonia Simard/Guy Simard (Amos, QC) in the semifinals of the 2019 GOLDLINE Amos Mixed Doubles in Amos, Quebec, Canada; and won 1-0 over Vanessa Girard/Yannick Martel (saguenay, QC) in the quarterfinals.

Binette-Lavoie/Gravel finished 1-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Binette-Lavoie/Gravel lost 10-3 to Veronique Bouchard/Robert Desjardins (LaSarre, QC), droppimg another game, 7-4 to Genevieve Cantin/Alexandre Michaud (Amos, QC) where Binette-Lavoie/Gravel responded with a 6-5 win over Audrey Laplante/Jasmin Gibeau (Thurso, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the GOLDLINE Amos Mixed Doubles, Binette-Lavoie/Gravel take home 10.799 world rankings points, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 10.8 after improving upon their best so far this season. Binette-Lavoie/Gravel ranks 69th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.800 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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