Park/Thomas Runner-Up at 2017 New Zealand Winter Games Mixed Doubles

Kalynn Park/Charley Thomas (Calgary, AB) lost 7-6 to Marie Turmann/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST) in the Final of the New Zealand Winter Games Mixed Doubles, held August 25 - 30, 2017 in Naseby, New Zealand.

Park/Thomas finished 7-0 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Park/Thomas defeated Ying Cao/My Yan Long (Harbin, CHN) 8-3, then won 11-1 against Ildiko Szekeres/Gyeorgy Nagy (Budapest, HUN) and 6-4 against Lynn Hewitt/Dean Hewitt (Glen Waverley, AUS). Park/Thomas won 8-7 against Turmann/Lill, then won 9-3 against Eleanor Adviento/Brett Sargon (Naseby, NZL) and 6-4 against Oona Kauste/Tomi Rantamaki (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Park/Thomas won 9-5 against Haruka Fujii/Go Aoki (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the New Zealand Winter Games Mixed Doubles, Park/Thomas take home 0.000 world rankings points. For week 4 of the event schedule, Park/Thomas did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Park/Thomas ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.