CHAMPION: Armstrong/Griffith Wins 2023 St. Vital Mixed Doubles NISO Classic

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	11.57
PA/G:	8.43
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.36
Force Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Jennifer Armstrong/Tyrel Griffith (Kelowna, BC) won 12-9 over Dawn McEwen/Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the St. Vital Mixed Doubles NISO Classic, held August 24 - 27, 2023 at the St. Vital Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Armstrong/Griffith won 11-8 over Karlee Burgess/Jacques Gauthier (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2023 St. Vital Mixed Doubles NISO Classic in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; and won 10-6 over Chaelynn Kitz/Brayden Stewart (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 St. Vital Mixed Doubles NISO Classic in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

Armstrong/Griffith finished 3-1 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Armstrong/Griffith defeated Saskatchewan's Shelby Lamontagne/Grady LaMontagne 7-6, then went on to lose 9-4 against Burgess/Gauthier. Armstrong/Griffith responded with a 9-3 win over Sherry Just/Chad Gareau (Prince Albert, SK). Armstrong/Griffith won 6-2 against McEwen/McEwen in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the St. Vital Mixed Doubles NISO Classic Championship title, Armstrong/Griffith earned 18.750 world rankings points along with the $4,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 5 of the event schedule, Armstrong/Griffith did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 16th to 17th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 111.095 total points. Armstrong/Griffith ranks 428th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	18	6	0	0.750	3-0	0-0	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	162	176	121	10.86	7.47	3.40	5.19	4.81	2.10	1.55	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	84	128	32	0	12-0	8-0	19-2	1.52	0.38	0.46	0.36

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	78	48	89	0	2-5	2-7	8-12	0.62	1.14	0.50	0.38

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