Walker/Muyres Reaches Mixed Doubles Players' Championship Quarters

Laura Walker/Kirk Muyres (Edmonton, AB) qualified for the Mixed Doubles Players' Championship playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 9-4 against Kristin Moen Skaslien/Magnus Nedregotten (Oslo, NOR). of the Mixed Doubles Players' Championship in Brantford, Ontario;

Walker/Muyres finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walker/Muyres defeated Mary Myketyn-Driscoll/Adam McEachren (Halifax, NS) 8-7, then went on to lose 8-1 against Lisa Weagle/John Epping (Toronto, ON). Walker/Muyres responded with a 8-6 win over Terri Weeks/Sam Steep (waterloo, ON). Walker/Muyres won 7-5 against Kira Brunton/Jake Horgan (Ottawa , ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Walker/Muyres earned 19.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Mixed Doubles Players' Championship. Walker/Muyres move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 6.75 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 810th overall with 130.876 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Walker/Muyres ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 130.876 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	37	15	0	0.712	3-0	2-1	1-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	369	352	283	9.54	7.67	1.87	5.53	4.44	1.73	1.73	0.03

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	180	257	67	0	13-1	23-6	34-7	1.43	0.37	0.39	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	189	95	216	1	1-5	5-20	13-42	0.50	1.14	0.44	0.37

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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