Palmer/Thurlow2-4 at 2023 New Zealand Mixed Doubles Qualifier

Jodi Palmer/Dan Thurlow (Naseby, NZL) finished 2-4 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Palmer/Thurlow lost 14-4 to Natalie Thurlow/Warren Dobson (Naseby, NZL), then responded with a 11-3 win over Ellie McKenzie/Jack Steele (Naseby, NZL). Palmer/Thurlow went on to lose 12-5 against Grace Apuwai-Bishop/Jayden Bishop (Naseby, NZL). Palmer/Thurlow lost 8-5 to Mhairi-Bronte Duncan/Brett Sargon (Naseby, NZL). Palmer/Thurlow lost 12-1 to Jessica Smith/Ben Smith (Naseby, NZL) where Palmer/Thurlow responded with a 1-0 win over Temika Apuwai-Bishop/Keith Clearwater (Naseby, NZL) in their final qualifying round match.

Palmer/Thurlow earned 0.375 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 1 of the event schedule, Palmer/Thurlow did not improve upon their best events, dropping from th to 319th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Palmer/Thurlow ranks 108th 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	2	4	0	0.333	0-0	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	34	27	49	7.94	14.41	-6.47	4.12	5.88	1.93	2.45	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	19	20	15	0	1-0	2-1	3-3	1.05	0.79	0.32	0.53

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	15	7	34	0	0-5	0-2	2-2	0.47	2.27	0.10	0.33

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