Walker/Muyres Runner-Up at 2018 Battleford Mixed Doubles Fall Curling Classic

Games:	8
Record:	5W - 3L
PF/G:	8.75
PA/G:	8.04
Hammer Efficiency:	0.32
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.39
Steal Efficiency:	0.42

Laura Walker/Kirk Muyres (Edmonton, CAN) lost 7-5 to Jocelyn Peterman/Brett Gallant (Winnipeg, CAN) in the Final of the Battleford Mixed Doubles Fall Curling Classic, held August 31 - September 3, 2018 at the Twin Rivers Curling Club in North Battleford, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Walker/Muyres won 6-5 over Madison Kleiter/Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2018 Battleford Mixed Doubles Fall Curling Classic in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won 7-6 over Kalynn Park/Charley Thomas (Calgary, CAN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Battleford Mixed Doubles Fall Curling Classic in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Walker/Muyres finished 3-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walker/Muyres defeated Ellen Redlick/Ryan Skjerdal (Saskatoon, SK) 8-2, then went on to lose 10-3 against Kristen Streifel/Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK). Walker/Muyres lost 8-5 to Mackenzie Schwartz/Sam Wills (Lumsden, CAN) where Walker/Muyres responded with a 7-4 win over Renee Michaud/Trevor Johnson (Regina, SK). Walker/Muyres won 8-3 against Kelsey Waker/Carl deConinck Smith (Gull Lake , SK) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Battleford Mixed Doubles Fall Curling Classic, Walker/Muyres take home 0.000 world rankings points along with the $1,300CDN prize. For week 3 of the event schedule, Walker/Muyres did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Walker/Muyres 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

Bottcher Out!

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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