CHAMPION: Garcia/Bottcher Wins 2018 CCT Dutch Masters Mixed Doubles

Irantzu Garcia/Brendan Bottcher (Vitoria-Gasteiz, ESP) won 4-3 over Oihane Otaegi/Mikel Unanue (San Sebastian, ESP) in the Final of the CCT Dutch Masters Mixed Doubles, held January 11 - 14, 2018 in Zoetermeer, Netherlands. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Garcia/Bottcher won 5-3 over Michele Jaeggi/Sven Michel (Bern, SUI) to advance to the championship game. of the 2018 CCT Dutch Masters Mixed Doubles in Zoetermeer, Netherlands;

Garcia/Bottcher finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Garcia/Bottcher defeated Ildiko Szekeres/Gyeorgy Nagy (Budapest, HUN) 6-3, then won 9-1 against Jayne Stirling/Fraser Kingan (Aberdeen, SCO) and 8-7 against Santa Blumberga/Ritvars Gulbis (Riga, LAT). Garcia/Bottcher won 8-6 against Clare Moores/Lance Wheeler (Denver, CO) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the CCT Dutch Masters Mixed Doubles Championship title, Garcia/Bottcher earned 0.000 world rankings points along with the $607CDN first prize cheque. For week 23 of the event schedule, Garcia/Bottcher did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Garcia/Bottcher 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

Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner (Photo: Stephen Fisher/World Curling) claim Italy's first World Mixed Doubles Championship crown.

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