Martin/Laycock Reaches 2023 Summer Series Semifinals

Nancy Martin/Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) run at the 2023 Summer Series came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-6 loss to Emily Riley/Jesse Mullen (Montreal, QC). of the 2023 Summer Series in St-Felicien, Quebec; Martin/Laycock advanced through the quarterfinals with a 8-5 win over Laurie St-Georges/Felix Asselin (Montreal, QC). of the 2023 Summer Series in St-Felicien, Quebec;

Martin/Laycock finished 3-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Martin/Laycock defeated Megan Lafrance/Raphael Tremblay (Saguenay, QC) 10-4, then went on to lose 8-7 against Kayla MacMillan/Sterling Middleton (Vancouver, BC). Martin/Laycock responded with a 9-4 win over Edith Cottenoir/Yannick Martel (Saguenay, QC). Martin/Laycock won 10-0 against Amber Gargul/Leandre Girard (Pointe-Claire, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

Martin/Laycock earned 19.125 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Summer Series, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 19.126 after improving upon their best so far this season. Martin/Laycock ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 19.126 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	30	13	0	0.698	6-1	1-1	2-1	0-0	1-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	321	314	223	9.78	6.95	2.83	5.33	4.61	1.84	1.51	0.06

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	163	234	70	2	8-1	22-2	49-14	1.44	0.43	0.49	0.30

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	158	80	153	0	1-3	3-9	12-27	0.51	0.97	0.61	0.37

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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