Skrlik/Hamilton4-1 at Alberta Mixed Doubles Qualifier

Kayla Skrlik/Gregg Hamilton (Calgary, AB) finished 4-1 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Skrlik/Hamilton lost 9-7 to Rhonda Varnes/Andrew Hodgson (Edmonton, AB), then responded with a 11-10 win over Alberta's Jen Charbonneau/Shane Park. Skrlik/Hamilton won 8-1 against Jamie Scott/Michael Henricks (Edmonton, AB), then won 7-5 against Alberta's Amber DeSchiffart/Mark Deschiffart to advance to the B-Qualifier where they 10-5 against Darah Blandford/Matthew Blandford (Cold Lake, AB) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

Skrlik/Hamilton earned 6.400 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Alberta Mixed Doubles Qualifier, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 6.400 total points. Skrlik/Hamilton ranks 173rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.400 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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