CHAMPION: Jones/Laing Wins 2023 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

Jennifer Jones/Brent Laing (Barrie, ON) won 9-4 over Jocelyn Peterman/Brett Gallant (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, held March 21 - 26, 2023 in Sudbury, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Jones/Laing won 6-5 over Rachel Homan/Tyler Tardi (Ottawa, ON) in the semifinals of the 2023 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Sudbury, Ontario; and won 7-2 over Lisa Weagle/John Epping (Toronto, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Sudbury, Ontario;

Jones/Laing finished 7-0 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jones/Laing defeated Tracy Fleury/Jake Horgan (Sudbury, ON) 6-4, then won 9-3 against Stephanie Bukurak/Adam Bukurak (Regina, SK) and 6-5 against Kadriana Lott/Colton Lott (Gimli , MB). Jones/Laing won 9-3 against Margot Flemming/Jamie Koe (Yellowknife, NT), then won 8-5 against Melissa Adams/Alex Robichaud (Moncton, NB) and 10-6 against Lauren Wasylkiw/Shane Konings (Stouffville, ON). Jones/Laing won 7-6 against Weagle/Epping in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship Championship title, Jones/Laing earned 75.000 world rankings points, remaining in 709th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 179.376 total points. Jones/Laing ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 179.376 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	35	12	0	0.745	7-1	4-1	3-1	1-0	2-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	337	361	220	10.71	6.53	4.18	5.61	4.39	1.91	1.49	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	160	260	47	0	12-0	29-2	39-5	1.63	0.29	0.50	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	177	101	173	0	2-4	4-11	20-27	0.57	0.98	0.62	0.38

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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