CHAMPION: Lawes Wins 2022 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic

SKIP
Kaitlyn
Lawes

Third
Selena
Njegovan

Second
Jocelyn
Peterman

Lead
Kristin
MacCuish

Kaitlyn Lawes (Winnipeg, MB) won 5-4 over Christina Black (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic, held November 9 - 13, 2022 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. To advance to the championship game, Lawes won 5-4 over Andrea Kelly (Fredericton, NB) in the semifinals of the 2022 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia; and won 7-4 over Danielle Inglis (Ottawa, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia;

Lawes finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Lawes defeated Stacie Curtis (St. John's, NL) 6-2, then went on to lose 7-2 against Inglis. Lawes responded with a 6-1 win over Suzanne Birt (Summerside, PEI). Lawes won 8-5 against Sarah Murphy (Halifax, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic Championship title, Lawes earned 30.000 world rankings points along with the $7,500CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 5th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 3.75 after improving upon their best so far this season. Lawes ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 127.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	56	30	0	0.651	14-5	4-6	1-3	0-1	0-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	653	549	414	8.41	6.34	2.07	5.10	4.12	1.65	1.54	0.78

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	305	370	73	28	8-1	27-1	70-11	1.21	0.24	0.38	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	348	179	341	23	5-9	11-15	29-70	0.51	0.98	0.56	0.32

2023: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Selina Witschonke, Carole Howald , Pierre Charette
Aarau, SUI
2022: Kaitlyn Lawes
Kaitlyn Lawes, Selena Njegovan, Jocelyn Peterman, Kristin MacCuish
Winnipeg, MB
2021: Suzanne Birt
Suzanne Birt, Marie Christianson, Meaghan Hughes, Michelle Shea , Kathy O'Rourke
Charlottetown, PEI

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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