Varnes/Hodgson2-3 at Alberta Mixed Doubles Qualifier

Rhonda Varnes/Andrew Hodgson (Edmonton, AB) finished 2-3 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Varnes/Hodgson defeated Kayla Skrlik/Gregg Hamilton (Calgary, AB) 9-7, then went on to lose 11-8 against Paige Papley/Evan van Amsterdam (Edmonton, AB). Varnes/Hodgson lost 8-2 to Christa Perepelitza/Rodney Ouellette (Cold Lake, AB) where Varnes/Hodgson responded with a 6-1 win over Alberta's Donna Gingras/Charles Michaud. Varnes/Hodgson went on to lose 8-7 against Jamie Scott/Michael Henricks (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Varnes/Hodgson earned 1.129 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 1.13 after improving upon their best so far this season. Varnes/Hodgson ranks 271st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.537 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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