Smith1-8 at 2024 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

Courtney Smith (Naseby, NZL) finished 1-8 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith lost 7-2 to Kadriana Lott (Winnipeg, CAN), droppimg another game, 6-2 to Vanessa Tonoli (Zoetermeer, NED). Smith lost 8-6 to Zuzana Paulova (Prague, CZE). Smith lost 7-1 to Isabella Wrana (Sundbyberg, SWE). Smith lost 5-4 to Rebecca Hamilton (McFarland, USA). Smith lost 8-4 to Ying Yang (Beijing, CHN). Smith lost 9-3 to Sophie Jackson (Stirling, SCO) where Smith responded with a 8-5 win over Jiyoon Kim (Seoul, KOR). Smith went on to lose 7-2 against Tahli Gill (Brisbane, AUS) in their final qualifying round match.

Smith earned 4.125 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 840th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 4.126 after improving upon their best so far this season. Smith ranks 102nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 18.126 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	14	6	0	0.700	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	132	142	80	10.76	6.06	4.70	5.91	4.02	1.82	1.51	0.08

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	61	93	21	1	7-0	7-1	11-3	1.52	0.34	0.42	0.26

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	71	49	59	0	0-1	3-3	9-12	0.69	0.83	0.57	0.48

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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