Aitken/Menzies3-1 at 2018 WCT Arctic Cup Mixed Doubles

Gina Aitken/Duncan Menzies (Stirling, SCO) finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Aitken/Menzies defeated Malin Wendel/Fabian Wingfors (Goteborg, SWE) 10-3, then went on to lose 8-4 against Anastasia Bryzgalova/Alexey Timofeev (Moscow, RUS). Aitken/Menzies responded with a 7-6 win over Joanne Courtney/Reid Carruthers (Edmonton, CAN). Aitken/Menzies won 7-6 against Zuzana Hajkova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the WCT Arctic Cup Mixed Doubles, Aitken/Menzies take home 0.000 world rankings points along with the $9,340CDN prize. For week 39 of the event schedule, Aitken/Menzies did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Aitken/Menzies ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2019: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Lauren Gray, Vicky Wright, Vicki Chalmers
Stirling, SCO
2018: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Niklas Edin
Canada/Sweden,
2017: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Aleksandra Raeva, Nkeiruka Ezekh, Alina Kovaleva
Moscow, RUS

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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