Richards/Taylor Reaches Nufloors Vernon MD Curling Classic Quarters

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	6.67
PA/G:	9.39
Hammer Efficiency:	0.26
Steal Defense:	0.32
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Brette Richards/Mark Taylor (British Columbia) qualified for the Nufloors Vernon MD Curling Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-2 against Holly Hafeli/Mitchell Kopytko (Vernon, BC). of the Nufloors Vernon MD Curling Classic in Vernon, British Columbia;

Richards/Taylor finished 3-1 in the 16 team Nufloors Vernon MD Curling Classic qualifying round, held December 3 - 5 in , . In their opening game, Richards/Taylor defeated Hafeli/Kopytko 5-4, then won 6-5 against Bobbie Sauder/Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB). Richards/Taylor went on to lose 7-1 against Chaelynn Kitz/Brayden Stewart (Saskatoon, SK). Richards/Taylor responded with a 8-7 win over Jaelyn Cotter/Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Richards/Taylor earned 10.355 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Nufloors Vernon MD Curling Classic. For week 19 of the event schedule, Richards/Taylor did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Richards/Taylor ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	3	2	0	0.600	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	33	22	31	6.67	9.39	-2.73	4.85	4.85	1.38	1.94	0.30

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	19	19	13	0	0-2	1-0	4-1	1.00	0.68	0.26	0.32

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	14	3	18	1	0-1	0-1	0-3	0.21	1.29	0.50	0.21

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