Sandham/Craig Reaches 2019 Palmerston Mixed Doubles Spiel Quarters

Riley Sandham/Brendan Craig (Georgetown, ON) qualified for the 2019 Palmerston Mixed Doubles Spiel playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-5 against Nicole Westlund Stewart/Tyler Stewart (Ayr, ON).

Sandham/Craig finished 2-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sandham/Craig defeated Anastasia Richards/Sammy Churchill (Burlington, ON) 7-4, then went on to lose 10-9 against Katie Cottrill/Shawn Cottrill (Belgrave, ON). Sandham/Craig responded with a 7-5 win over Harley Rohrbacher/Nicholas Visnich (Pittsburgh, PA) in their final qualifying round match.

Sandham/Craig earned 8.904 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Palmerston Mixed Doubles Spiel, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 7.356 after improving upon their best so far this season. Sandham/Craig ranks 100th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.904 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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