 Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, Alberta) wins the Players' Championship, defeating Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) 6-1 in Toronto, Ontario at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Maple Leaf Gardens. Bottcher with Darren Moulding at third, Bradley Thiessen and Karrick Martin on the front end take home the $30,000CDN first place cheque along with 85.362 world ranking points, while Koe receives $24,000CDN and 62.599 world ranking points for their second place finish. Bottcher opened the scoring stealing 1 in the first end after Koe attempted a tough shot for two. After a blank end, Koe was forced in the third end needing to make the double takeout to score. After another blank end, Bottcher scored a single the fifth end to extend the lead to 2-1. After 2 blank ends, Bottcher held off Koe for a steal of 4 in the eighth end and the 6-1 win. In the semifinals, Bottcher defeated Ross Paterson (Glasgow, Scotland) 7-4 and Koe defeated Peter De Cruz (Geneve, Switzerland) 9-8 in an extra end. De Cruz and Paterson earned $16,000CDN and 48.372 ranking points for their semifinal finishes. In the quarterfinals, Bottcher defeated Niklas Edin (Karlstad, Sweden) 7-5, Koe defeated Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, Ontario) 7-3, while Paterson defeated Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, Ontario) 6-5 in an extra end and De Cruz defeated Brad Gushue (St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador) 7-6 in an extra end. Edin, Gushue, Howard and Jacobs earned $12,000CDN along with 34.145 ranking points for their quarterfinal finishes. Bottcher went 3-2 in the 12 team round-robin pools qualifying round. In their opening game, Bottcher defeated De Cruz 6-5, losing their next game to Jacobs 7-4. Bottcher lost again to Gushue 8-3, then responded with a 7-6 win over Matt Dunstone (Regina, Saskatchewan). Bottcher won against John Epping (Toronto, ON) 7-1 in their final qualifying round match. |
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After emerging on the global stage at senior level last month, Katie McMillan is feeling all the more ready for the challenge as she and partner Angus Bryce prepare to represent Scotland at the ACE & Company World Mixed Doubles Championships in Geneva over the next week (April 25 - May 2).
