Blair Runner-Up at 2022 WCT Latvia International Challenger

SKIP
Lucy
Blair

Third
Lisa
Davie

Second
Alexandra
MacKintosh

Lead
Susie
Smith

Lucy Blair (Stirling, SCO) lost 6-5 to Corrie Huerlimann (Zug, SUI) in the Final of the WCT Latvia International Challenger, held October 21 - 23, 2022 in Tukums, Latvia. To advance to the championship game, Blair won 6-3 over Dilsat Yildiz (Erzurum, TUR) in the semifinals of the 2022 WCT Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia; and won 10-3 over Eirin Mesloe (Lillehammer, NOR) in the quarterfinals.

Blair finished 2-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Blair defeated Evelina Barone (Riga, LAT) 5-3, then went on to lose 7-2 against Yildiz. Blair lost 8-7 to Csilia Halasz (Budapest, HUN) where Blair responded with a 5-2 win over Virginija Paulauskaite (Vilnius, LTU) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the WCT Latvia International Challenger, Blair take home 11.000 world rankings points along with the $1,081CDN prize, moving up 42 spots the World Ranking Standings into 87th place overall with 23.177 total points. Blair ranks 76th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	11	22	0	0.333	2-3	3-7	0-3	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	245	154	195	6.29	7.96	-1.67	4.20	4.78	1.50	1.67	1.02

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	116	104	65	9	4-1	4-5	16-12	0.90	0.56	0.22	0.34

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	129	50	130	16	0-3	2-12	10-19	0.39	1.01	0.56	0.28

2022: Corrie Huerlimann
Corrie Huerlimann, Celine Schwizgebel, Nadine Baertschiger, Anna Gut, Melina Bezzola
Zug, SUI
2021: Vlada Rumiantseva
Vlada Rumiantseva, Aleksandra Mozzherina, Aleksandra Stoyarosova, Ekaterina Kungurova, Irina Riazanova
Moscow, RUS
2019: Maia Ramsfjell
Maia Ramsfjell, Martine Roenning, Mille Nordbye, Astri Forbregd
Lillehammer, NOR
2018: Maggie Wilson
Maggie Wilson, Jennifer Marshall, Amy MacDonald, Eilidh Yeats
Stirlign, SCO
2017: Daniela Jentsch
Daniela Jentsch, Josephine Obermann, Analena Jentsch, Pia-Lisa Schoell
Fï¿½ssen, GER

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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