Wright/Hardie Runner-Up at 2019 Aberdeen Mixed Doubles Championship

Vicky Wright/Grant Hardie (Stirling, SCO) lost 8-4 to Eve Muirhead/Bobby Lammie (Stirling, SCO) in the Final of the Aberdeen Mixed Doubles Championship, held December 20 - 22, 2019 at the Curl Aberdeen in Aberdeen, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, Wright/Hardie won 7-6 over Jayne Stirling/Fraser Kingan (Dumfries, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2019 Aberdeen Mixed Doubles Championship in Aberdeen, Scotland, Scotland; and won 8-6 over Sophie Jackson/Hammy McMillan Jr. (Stirling, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Aberdeen Mixed Doubles Championship in Aberdeen, Scotland, Scotland;

Wright/Hardie finished 4-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wright/Hardie lost 7-5 to Sophie Sinclair/Duncan Menzies (Stirling, SCO), then responded with a 8-3 win over Naomi Brown/Michael Goodfellow (Stirling, SCO). Wright/Hardie won 8-6 against Rebecca Morrison/Robin Brydone (Stirling, SCO), then won 7-6 against Johanna Heldin/Kristian Lindstroem (Stockholm, SWE) and 7-5 against Spain's Oihane Otaegi/Mikel Unanue in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Aberdeen Mixed Doubles Championship, Wright/Hardie take home 21.196 world rankings points along with the $1,711CDN prize, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 27.678 total points. Wright/Hardie ranks 68th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 21.196 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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