Walker/Muyres Runner-Up at 2023 Mixed Doubles Super Series

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	9.02
PA/G:	7.87
Hammer Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Defense:	0.26
Force Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

Laura Walker/Kirk Muyres (Edmonton, AB) lost 7-5 to Chiaki Matsumura/Yasumasa Tanida (Nagano/Hokkaido, JPN) in the Final of the Mixed Doubles Super Series - Sherwood Park, held October 5 - 8, 2023 at the Sherwood Park Curl Club in Sherwood Park, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Walker/Muyres won 9-7 over Rachel Homan/Tyler Tardi (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2023 Mixed Doubles Super Series - Sherwood Park in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada; and won 7-6 over Shannon Birchard/John Morris (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Mixed Doubles Super Series - Sherwood Park in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada;

Walker/Muyres finished 4-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walker/Muyres lost 6-2 to Tahli Gill/Dean Hewitt (Brisbane, AUS), then responded with a 7-5 win over Homan/Tardi. Walker/Muyres won 6-3 against Korea's Yejin Lim/Dongin Lee, then won 9-6 against Marie Kaldvee/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST) and 10-8 against Hailey Dupras/Justice Jacques (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Mixed Doubles Super Series - Sherwood Park, Walker/Muyres take home 33.000 world rankings points along with the $4,000CDN prize. For week 11 of the event schedule, Walker/Muyres did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 8th place on the World Ranking Standings with 167.938 total points. Walker/Muyres ranks 102nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.938 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	37	15	0	0.712	3-0	2-1	1-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	369	352	283	9.54	7.67	1.87	5.53	4.44	1.73	1.73	0.03

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	180	257	67	0	13-1	23-6	34-7	1.43	0.37	0.39	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	189	95	216	1	1-5	5-20	13-42	0.50	1.14	0.44	0.37

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

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