Alberta's Laura Walker/Geoff Walker4-1 at 2020 Brantford Mixed Doubles Cashspiel

Alberta's Laura Walker/Geoff Walker finished 4-1 in the 30-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Alberta's Laura Walker/Geoff Walker defeated Hui Yan/Cheng Kuo (Beijing, CHN) 8-6, then won 10-1 against Yu Bai/Weiwei Xu (Beijing, CHN) and 10-6 against Marlene Albrecht/Matt Wozniak (Zurich, SUI). Alberta's Laura Walker/Geoff Walker won 12-6 against Gina Aitken/Scott Andrews (Stirling, SCO). Alberta's Laura Walker/Geoff Walker went on to lose 7-2 against Chenyi Wang/Kyler Kleibrink (CHN/CAN, www) in their final qualifying round match.

The berth into the first round of the Brantford Mixed Doubles Cashspiel playoffs earned Alberta's Laura Walker/Geoff Walker 12.767 world rankings points, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 6.383 after improving upon their best so far this season. Alberta's Laura Walker/Geoff Walker ranks 53rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 31.845 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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