Sinclair/Whyte Reaches 2022 Scottish Curling Mixed Doubles Championship Quarters

Sophie Sinclair/Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) qualified for the 2022 Scottish Curling Mixed Doubles Championship playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-7 against Katie McMillan/Mark Watt (Stirling, SCO).

Sinclair/Whyte finished 5-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sinclair/Whyte defeated Vicky Wright/Grant Hardie (Stirling, SCO) 10-3, then won 8-0 against Lucy Blair/Struan Carson (Greenacres, SCO) and 9-4 against Holly Wilkie-Milne/Gregor Cannon (Stirling, SCO). Sinclair/Whyte won 9-5 against Eilidh Yeats/Blair Haswell (Stirling, SCO), then won 9-6 against Rachael Dakers/Harry Gow (Edinburgh, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

Sinclair/Whyte earned 13.965 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Scottish Curling Mixed Doubles Championship, remaining in 777th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 10.254 after improving upon their best so far this season. Sinclair/Whyte ranks 77th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 22.298 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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