CHAMPION: Brunton/Lyon-Hatcher Wins 2021 GOLDLINE Clermont Mixed Doubles

Kira Brunton/Brett Lyon-Hatcher (Ottawa, ON) won 8-1 over Veronique Bouchard/Jean-Francois Charest (Saguenay, QC) in the Final of the GOLDLINE Clermont Mixed Doubles, held November 5 - 7, 2021 at the Club de Curling Nairn de Clermont in Clermont, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Brunton/Lyon-Hatcher won 10-3 over Kelly Tremblay/Pierre Lanoue (Montreal, QC) in the semifinals of the 2021 GOLDLINE Clermont Mixed Doubles in Clermont, Quebec, Canada; and won 10-7 over Melissa Adams/Alex Robichaud (St-John, NB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 GOLDLINE Clermont Mixed Doubles in Clermont, Quebec, Canada;

Brunton/Lyon-Hatcher finished 2-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Brunton/Lyon-Hatcher lost 11-2 to Tyler Parmiter/Ronnie Burgess (Fredericton, NB), then responded with a 10-7 win over Isabelle Lapointe/Marc Cote (Saguenay, QC). Brunton/Lyon-Hatcher won 10-5 against Christianne Guay/Gervais Lavoie (Montreal, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the GOLDLINE Clermont Mixed Doubles Championship title, Brunton/Lyon-Hatcher earned 22.706 world rankings points along with the $500CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 81.118 total points. Brunton/Lyon-Hatcher ranks 25th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 40.468 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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