CHAMPION: Turmann/Lill Wins 2017 New Zealand Winter Games Mixed Doubles

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

Turmann/Lill finished 5-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Turmann/Lill lost 9-8 to Haruka Fujii/Go Aoki (Sapporo, JPN), then responded with a 7-4 win over Lynn Hewitt/Dean Hewitt (Glen Waverley, AUS). Turmann/Lill won 6-4 against Ying Cao/My Yan Long (Harbin, CHN). Turmann/Lill went on to lose 8-7 against Park/Thomas. Turmann/Lill responded with a 10-4 win over Oona Kauste/Tomi Rantamaki (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Turmann/Lill won 7-6 against Eleanor Adviento/Brett Sargon (Naseby, NZL), then won 7-6 against Ildiko Szekeres/Gyeorgy Nagy (Budapest, HUN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the New Zealand Winter Games Mixed Doubles Championship title, Turmann/Lill earned 0.000 world rankings points. For week 4 of the event schedule, Turmann/Lill did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Turmann/Lill 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

Team Marco Hoesli (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) took down the world number one and two ranked teams to secure the first title of the season.

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