Smith/Thomson Runner-Up at Ontario Kinghome Mixed Doubles Provincial Championship

Games:	9
Record:	6W - 3L
PF/G:	9.39
PA/G:	6.36
Hammer Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Defense:	0.26
Force Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Efficiency:	0.46

Megan Smith/Doug Thomson (Newmarket, ON) lost 8-4 to Lynn Kreviazuk/David Mathers (Ottawa, ON) in the Final of the Ontario Kinghome Mixed Doubles Provincial Championship, held February 22 - 25 at the St. Thomas Curling Club in St. Thomas, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Smith/Thomson won 9-3 over Lauren Wasylkiw/Shane Konings (Stouffville, ON) in the semifinals of the Ontario Kinghome Mixed Doubles Provincial Championship in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada; and won 8-3 over Ford/ Campbell (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the Ontario Kinghome Mixed Doubles Provincial Championship in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada;

Smith/Thomson finished 3-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith/Thomson defeated Julia Markle/Wayne Tuck Jr. (Ilderton, ON) 8-7, then went on to lose 6-5 against Hailey Armstrong/Billy Woods (Metcalfe, ON). Smith/Thomson lost 7-5 to Terri Weeks/Sam Steep (waterloo, ON) where Smith/Thomson responded with a 6-3 win over Sarah Jagger/Chris Wai (Toronto, ON). Smith/Thomson won 7-2 against Sarah Bailey/Dylan Sipura (Georgetown, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Ontario Kinghome Mixed Doubles Provincial Championship, Smith/Thomson take home 11.000 world rankings points. For week 31 of the event schedule, Smith/Thomson did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 806th to 807th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 27.376 total points. Smith/Thomson ranks 55th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 27.376 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	33	24	0	0.579	4-0	1-2	2-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	397	381	336	9.60	8.46	1.13	5.31	4.69	1.81	1.81	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	187	257	87	0	16-0	18-4	36-21	1.37	0.47	0.37	0.31

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	210	124	249	0	2-10	6-26	23-38	0.59	1.19	0.42	0.39

Bottcher Out!

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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