Thompson/Hood Reaches 2019 New Zealand Winter Games Mixed Doubles Quarters

Holly Thompson/Anton Hood (Naseby, NZL) qualified for the 2019 New Zealand Winter Games Mixed Doubles playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-4 against Tahli Gill/Dean Hewitt (Brisbane, AUS). of the 2019 New Zealand Winter Games Mixed Doubles in Naseby, New Zealand;

Thompson/Hood finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Thompson/Hood defeated Anna Maria Maurino/Fabrizio Gallo (Pinerolo, ITA) 9-2, then won 8-7 against Therese Westman/Robin Ahlberg (Stockholm, SWE). Thompson/Hood went on to lose 9-5 against Tabitha Peterson/Joe Polo (Chaska, USA). Thompson/Hood responded with a 10-7 win over Misako Den/Naofumi Den (Nagano, JPN). Thompson/Hood won 6-4 against Jennifer Westhagen/Matt Panoussi (Melbourne, AUS) in their final qualifying round match.

Thompson/Hood earned 9.469 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the New Zealand Winter Games Mixed Doubles, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 9.468 after improving upon their best so far this season. Thompson/Hood ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 9.468 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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