CHAMPION: Little/Lyon-Hatcher Wins 2019 Bayview Mixed Doubles

Marie-Elaine Little/Brett Lyon-Hatcher (Ottawa, ON) won 9-7 over Sierra Sutherland/Thomas Ryn (Ottawa, ON) in the Final of the Bayview Mixed Doubles, held December 14 - 15, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Little/Lyon-Hatcher won 6-5 over Saskatchewan's Nancy Martin/Tyrel Griffith in the semifinals of the 2019 Bayview Mixed Doubles in Toronto, Ontario; and won 8-7 over Katie Cottrill/Shawn Cottrill (Belgrave, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Bayview Mixed Doubles in Toronto, Ontario;

Little/Lyon-Hatcher finished 2-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Little/Lyon-Hatcher defeated Emilie Desjardins/Robert Desjardins (Chicoutimi, QC) 12-7, then won 8-5 against Catherine Liscumb/Chris Liscumb (Ilderton, ON). Little/Lyon-Hatcher went on to lose 7-6 against Ashley Waye/Rob Retchless (Toronto, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Bayview Mixed Doubles Championship title, Little/Lyon-Hatcher earned 25.284 world rankings points along with the $1,200CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 25.284 total points. Little/Lyon-Hatcher ranks 55th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 25.284 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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