Desjardins Runner-Up at Summer Series

SKIP
Robert
Desjardins

Third
Francois
Gionest

Second
Pierre-Luc
Morissette

Lead
Rene
Dubois

Robert Desjardins (Quebec, QC) lost 8-3 to Vincent Roberge (Levis, QC) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Desjardins won 8-2 over Mark Kean (Ottawa, ON) in the semifinals of the Summer Series in St-Felicien, Quebec;

Desjardins finished 3-1 in the 8 team Summer Series qualifying round, held August 12 - 15 in , . In their opening game, Desjardins defeated Harold Woods (Accra, NGR) 9-2, then won 9-3 against Andre Desgagnes (Saguenay, QC) and 7-2 against Kean. Desjardins went on to lose 10-5 against Steven Munroe (Saquenay, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Summer Series, Desjardins take home 11.000 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN prize, moving up 13 spots the World Ranking Standings into 38th place overall with 57.174 total points. Desjardins ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 11.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	16	13	0	0.552	3-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	194	164	146	8.45	7.53	0.93	5.00	4.33	1.69	1.74	0.67

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	94	118	26	8	4-0	5-1	29-4	1.26	0.28	0.44	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	100	46	120	5	1-4	2-10	8-23	0.46	1.20	0.42	0.31

After stumbling in their opener, Winnipeg's Matt Dunstone (photo: Stan Fong, Hardline) evens their record with a 7-4 win over Scotland's Bruce Mouat.

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