CHAMPION: Jones/Laing Wins 2022 GOLDLINE Valleyfield Mixed Doubles

Jennifer Jones/Brent Laing (Barrie, ON) won 8-2 over Laurie St-Georges/Felix Asselin (Montreal, QC) in the Final of the GOLDLINE Valleyfield Mixed Doubles, held October 14 - 16, 2022 at the Valleyfield Curling Club in , Quebec. To advance to the championship game, Jones/Laing won 8-6 over Emilie Desjardins/Robert Desjardins (Saguenay, QC) in the semifinals of the 2022 GOLDLINE Valleyfield Mixed Doubles in , Quebec; and won 12-1 over Audrey Laplante/Jasmin Gibeau (Thurso, MTL) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 GOLDLINE Valleyfield Mixed Doubles in , Quebec;

Jones/Laing finished 3-0 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jones/Laing defeated Aline Fellmann/Chris Kovalchuk (Montreal, QC) 11-2, then won 13-1 against Genevieve Frappier/Michel Briand (Montreal, QC) and 11-2 against Amelie Maheux/David Maheux (Longueuil, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the GOLDLINE Valleyfield Mixed Doubles Championship title, Jones/Laing earned 33.750 world rankings points along with the $845CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 548th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 12.75 after improving upon their best so far this season. Jones/Laing ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 57.126 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	35	12	0	0.745	7-1	4-1	3-1	1-0	2-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	337	361	220	10.71	6.53	4.18	5.61	4.39	1.91	1.49	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	160	260	47	0	12-0	29-2	39-5	1.63	0.29	0.50	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	177	101	173	0	2-4	4-11	20-27	0.57	0.98	0.62	0.38

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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