Sykorova/Sykora Reaches 2018 Slovakia Mixed Doubles Curling Cup Quarters

Silvia Sykorova/Marek Sykora (Bratislava, SVK) qualified for the 2018 Slovakia Mixed Doubles Curling Cup playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-2 against Gina Aitken/Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO).

Sykorova/Sykora finished 1-3 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sykorova/Sykora lost 9-2 to Marta Szeliga-Frynia/Pawel Frynia (Lodz, POL), then responded with a 12-6 win over Veronika Neznalova/Matej Neznal (Prague, CZE). Sykorova/Sykora went on to lose 5-4 against Ildiko Szekeres/Gyeorgy Nagy (Budapest, HUN). Sykorova/Sykora lost 9-3 to Naceradska/Radek Bohac (Prague, CZE) in their final qualifying round match.

. For week 31 of the event schedule, Sykorova/Sykora did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Sykorova/Sykora ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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