CHAMPION: MacMillan/Middleton Wins 2023 Summer Series

Kayla MacMillan/Sterling Middleton (Vancouver, BC) won 8-0 over Emily Riley/Jesse Mullen (Montreal, QC) in the Final of the Summer Series, held August 17 - 20, 2023 in St-Felicien, Quebec. To advance to the championship game, MacMillan/Middleton won 8-4 over Anne Sophie Gionest/Robert Desjardins (Chicoutimi, QC) in the semifinals of the 2023 Summer Series in St-Felicien, Quebec; and won 7-6 over Clancy Grandy/Catlin Schneider (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Summer Series in St-Felicien, Quebec;

MacMillan/Middleton finished 4-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, MacMillan/Middleton defeated Amber Gargul/Leandre Girard (Pointe-Claire, QC) 8-2, then won 8-7 against Nancy Martin/Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) and 7-5 against Megan Lafrance/Raphael Tremblay (Saguenay, QC). MacMillan/Middleton won 11-6 against Edith Cottenoir/Yannick Martel (Saguenay, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Summer Series Championship title, MacMillan/Middleton earned 33.750 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 45.750 total points. MacMillan/Middleton ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 33.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	14	1	0	0.933	2-0	2-0	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	104	123	61	11.83	5.87	5.96	6.25	3.75	1.89	1.56	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	43	78	12	0	6-0	7-0	11-3	1.81	0.28	0.56	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	61	45	49	0	0-1	3-2	8-12	0.74	0.80	0.50	0.51

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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