Bong/Pitts1-5 at 2023 New Zealand Mixed Doubles Qualifier

Michelle Bong/Murray Pitts (Naseby, NZL) finished 1-5 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bong/Pitts lost 9-1 to Courtney Smith/Anton Hood (Naseby, NZL), then responded with a 11-7 win over Olivia Russell/Jed Nevill (Naseby, NZL). Bong/Pitts went on to lose 12-5 against Lucy Neilson/Darcy Nevill (Naseby, NZL). Bong/Pitts lost 6-4 to Ruby Kinney/Hunter Walker (Naseby, NZL). Bong/Pitts lost 9-6 to Bridget Becker/Sean Becker (Naseby, NZL). Bong/Pitts lost 9-2 to Rachael Pitts/Sam Flanagan (Naseby, NZL) in their final qualifying round match.

Bong/Pitts earned 0.188 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 1 of the event schedule, Bong/Pitts did not improve upon their best events, dropping from th to 606th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Bong/Pitts ranks 196th 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	1	5	0	0.167	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	42	29	52	6.90	12.38	-5.48	3.57	6.43	1.93	1.93	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	26	25	22	0	2-0	2-3	2-2	0.96	0.85	0.23	0.54

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	16	4	30	0	0-2	0-3	1-4	0.25	1.88	0.31	0.19

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