Holyoke/Konings Reaches 2023 Palmerston Mixed Doubles Spiel Semifinals

Grace Holyoke/Shane Konings (Stouffville, ON) run at the 2023 Palmerston Mixed Doubles Spiel came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-5 loss to Tori Koana/Go Aoki (Karuizawa, JPN). of the 2023 Palmerston Mixed Doubles Spiel in Palmerston, Ontario, Canada; Holyoke/Konings advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-5 win over Jessica Guilbault/Eric Fenech (Kingston, ON). of the 2023 Palmerston Mixed Doubles Spiel in Palmerston, Ontario, Canada;

Holyoke/Konings finished 3-0 in the 23-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Holyoke/Konings defeated Jessica Shipmaker/Mike Aprile (Mississauga, ON) 10-2, then won 5-4 against Michelle Roach/Adam Gilbert (Burlington, ON) and 11-4 against Carrie Robertson/Alex Robertson (Palmerston, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Holyoke/Konings earned 8.500 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Palmerston Mixed Doubles Spiel, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 4.25 after improving upon their best so far this season. Holyoke/Konings ranks 44th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 14.376 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	32	16	0	0.667	1-1	1-1	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	342	317	275	9.27	8.04	1.23	5.26	4.68	1.76	1.72	0.06

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	170	205	71	2	8-1	14-1	36-13	1.21	0.42	0.35	0.31

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	172	112	204	0	4-8	4-19	26-33	0.65	1.19	0.44	0.38

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