CHAMPION: Anderson/Dropkin Wins 2019 Qualico Mixed Doubles Classic

Sarah Anderson/Korey Dropkin (Minneapolis, MN) won 9-4 over Jocelyn Peterman/Brett Gallant (Winnipeg, CAN) in the Final of the Qualico Mixed Doubles Classic, held January 3 - 6, 2019 at the Banff Curling Club in Banff, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Anderson/Dropkin won 8-6 over Chelsea Carey/Colin Hodgson (Calgary, AB) in the semifinals of the 2019 Qualico Mixed Doubles Classic in Banff, Alberta, Canada; and won 6-3 over Laura Walker/Geoff Walker (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Qualico Mixed Doubles Classic in Banff, Alberta, Canada;

Anderson/Dropkin are currently 4-0 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Anderson/Dropkin defeated Sherry Just/Sam Wills (Fox Valley, SK) 9-2, then won 9-8 against Shannon Birchard/Catlin Schneider (Winnipeg, MB) and 7-6 against Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Glarus, SUI). Anderson/Dropkin won 8-0 against Karen Dreaver/Tim Birnie (Canmore, AB). In their next game, Anderson/Dropkin plays.

For winning the Qualico Mixed Doubles Classic Championship title, Anderson/Dropkin earned 0.000 world rankings points along with the $10,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 21 of the event schedule, Anderson/Dropkin did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Anderson/Dropkin 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

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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