Walker/Muyres Runner-Up at 2022 Hardline Open

Laura Walker/Kirk Muyres (Edmonton, AB) lost 7-6 to Jennifer Dodds/Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) in the Final of the Hardline Open, held September 29 - October 2, 2022 at the Carleton Place Curling Club in Carleton Place, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Walker/Muyres won 9-5 over Marie Kaldvee/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST) in the semifinals of the 2022 Hardline Open in Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada; and won 7-5 over Rachel Homan/Tyler Tardi (Ottawa, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 Hardline Open in Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada;

Walker/Muyres finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walker/Muyres defeated Sherry Just/Ryan Deis (Prince Albert, SK) 9-0, then won 12-1 against Erin Butler/Jordan McNamara (Ottawa, ON) and 6-5 against Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Glarus, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Hardline Open, Walker/Muyres take home 38.500 world rankings points along with the $7,000CDN prize, dropping 159 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 707th place overall with 97.254 total points. Walker/Muyres ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 61.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	35	13	0	0.729	3-2	6-1	1-1	0-1	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	351	349	239	9.94	6.81	3.13	5.90	4.10	1.69	1.66	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	158	221	52	0	9-0	18-1	37-11	1.40	0.33	0.41	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	193	128	187	0	3-6	5-17	20-29	0.66	0.97	0.50	0.46

2024: Marie Kaldvee
Marie Kaldvee, Harri Lill
Tallinn, EST
2023: Chiaki Matsumura
Chiaki Matsumura, Yasumasa Tanida
Nagano/Hokkaido, JPN
2022: Jennifer Dodds
Jennifer Dodds, Bruce Mouat
Stirling, SCO

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