Sweeting/Kennedy Reaches 2021 Qualico Mixed Doubles Classic Quarters

Val Sweeting/Marc Kennedy (Edmonton, AB) qualified for the 2021 Qualico Mixed Doubles Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-3 against Jocelyn Peterman/Brett Gallant (Winnipeg, MB). of the 2021 Qualico Mixed Doubles Classic in Banff, Alberta, Canada;

Sweeting/Kennedy finished 4-1 in the 36-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sweeting/Kennedy defeated Chelsea Carey/Colin Hodgson (Calgary, AB) 9-5, then won 9-0 against Becky Moncur/Scott Moncur (Canmore, AB) and 8-7 against Joanne Courtney/Darren Moulding (Edmonton, AB). Sweeting/Kennedy won 10-4 against Kelsey Rocque/Braden Calvert (Edmonton, AB). Sweeting/Kennedy went on to lose 7-1 against Sarah Anderson/Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Sweeting/Kennedy earned 21.104 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Qualico Mixed Doubles Classic, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 24.360 total points. Sweeting/Kennedy ranks 31st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 21.104 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	9	3	0	0.750	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
2022	75	88	50	11.73	6.67	5.07	5.87	4.13	2.00	1.61	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	32	53	10	0	5-0	2-0	9-2	1.66	0.31	0.50	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	43	35	40	0	1-1	4-3	4-8	0.81	0.93	0.48	0.47

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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