Neil/McDonald Reaches 2023 Ontario Mixed Doubles Tour Championship Semifinals

Laura Neil/Scott McDonald (St. Thomas, ON) run at the 2023 Ontario Mixed Doubles Tour Championship came to an end in the semifinals with a 9-8 loss to Kimberly Tuck/Wayne Tuck (Strathroy, ON). of the 2023 Ontario Mixed Doubles Tour Championship in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada; Neil/McDonald advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-5 win over Lauren Wasylkiw/Shane Konings (Stouffville, ON). of the 2023 Ontario Mixed Doubles Tour Championship in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada;

Neil/McDonald finished 2-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Neil/McDonald defeated Claire Randell/Nicholas Lemieux (St. Catharines, ON) 11-6, then won 7-1 against Paulina Hajduk/Jan Horacek (Bratislava, SVK). Neil/McDonald went on to lose 7-2 against Wasylkiw/Konings in their final qualifying round match.

Neil/McDonald earned 14.875 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Ontario Mixed Doubles Tour Championship. Neil/McDonald gained 14.876 points improving upon their best 5 events, though dropped 39 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 603rdplace overall with 52.910 total points. Neil/McDonald ranks 33rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 46.376 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	32	13	0	0.711	0-0	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	315	315	218	10.00	6.92	3.08	5.43	4.57	1.84	1.51	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	152	205	62	0	7-0	23-2	31-11	1.35	0.41	0.40	0.31

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	163	110	156	0	2-2	6-14	26-25	0.67	0.96	0.58	0.40

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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