Bottcher announces plan to split at end of curling season
Workforce Brendan Bottcher mentioned Friday that it’ll break up on the finish of the season, becoming a member of a rising record of prime Canadian curling groups who will go their separate methods for the brand new quadrennial.
Bottcher, third Patrick Janssen, second Brad Thiessen and lead Karrick Martin completed third on the nationwide championship final week.
“We’re excited for what the longer term holds,” the group assertion mentioned. “We want one another the easiest, on and off the ice.”
Bottcher skipped the Edmonton-based group to 4 straight Tim Hortons Brier finals from 2018-21, lastly hoisting the tankard final yr within the Calgary bubble. Janssen moved from fifth to 3rd final fall after the departure of vice Darren Moulding.
At present ranked ninth on the planet, Workforce Bottcher plans to complete off the season at subsequent month’s Gamers’ Championship and the Champions Cup in early Might.
“Subsequent season, we are going to every take our curling careers in new instructions,” the assertion mentioned.
The squad received three straight occasions on the Grand Slam tour in 2018-19 and completed in a fourth-place tie finally yr’s world championship.
In current days, groups skipped by Brad Jacobs, Kevin Koe, Jennifer Jones and Tracy Fleury have made related bulletins. Extra roster adjustments are anticipated over the approaching weeks as groups plan for the four-year cycle forward of the 2026 Milan Olympics.
Bottcher received a world junior title in 2012 and skipped the College of Alberta to a USports title that yr as effectively.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed March 18, 2022.
