CHAMPION: Reese-Hansen/Chester Wins 2023 BC Mixed Doubles Championship

Taylor Reese-Hansen/Corey Chester (Victoria, BC) won 10-2 over Gabby Brissette/Sterling Middleton (North Delta, BC) in the Final of the BC Mixed Doubles Championship, held December 27 - 31, 2023 at the Victoria Curling Club in Victoria, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Reese-Hansen/Chester won 6-2 over Sasha Wilson/Alex Horvath (Victoria, BC) in the semifinals of the 2023 BC Mixed Doubles Championship in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; and won 8-0 over Holly Hafeli/Mitchell Kopytko (Kamloops, BC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 BC Mixed Doubles Championship in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada;

Reese-Hansen/Chester finished 2-2 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Reese-Hansen/Chester lost 7-5 to Ashley Mallett/Nicholas Meister (Langley, BC), then responded with a 9-3 win over Morgayne Eby/Michael Longworth (Vernon, BC). Reese-Hansen/Chester won 8-3 against Jorja Kopytko/Coburn Fadden (Vernon, BC). Reese-Hansen/Chester went on to lose 8-6 against Emily Bowles/Connor Deane (North Delta, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the BC Mixed Doubles Championship Championship title, Reese-Hansen/Chester earned 11.250 world rankings points, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 7.937 after improving upon their best so far this season. Reese-Hansen/Chester ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 55.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	2	2	0	0.500	2-2	0-0	1-1	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	31	21	23	6.77	7.42	-0.65	4.52	5.48	1.50	1.35	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	19	14	11	0	0-0	1-1	2-0	0.74	0.58	0.16	0.47

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	12	7	12	0	0-0	1-1	1-2	0.58	1.00	0.63	0.33

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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