CHAMPION: Gill/Hewitt Wins 2023 Manitoba Mixed Doubles Curling Tour Championship

Tahli Gill/Dean Hewitt (Brisbane, AUS) won 8-5 over Marlee Powers/Luke Saunders (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the Manitoba Mixed Doubles Curling Tour Championship, held April 7 - 9, 2023 in Morris, Manitoba. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Gill/Hewitt won 7-5 over Sherry Just/Chad Gareau (Winnipeg, MB) to advance to the championship game. of the 2023 Manitoba Mixed Doubles Curling Tour Championship in Morris, Manitoba; of the 2023 Manitoba Mixed Doubles Curling Tour Championship in Morris, Manitoba;

Gill/Hewitt finished 5-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gill/Hewitt defeated Jolene Callum/Steven Michaleski (Winnipeg, MB) 8-2, then won 11-5 against Piper Stoesz/Keith Stoesz (Winnipeg, MB) and 9-5 against Dawn McEwen/Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB). Gill/Hewitt won 6-4 against Cora Farrell/Coleman Thurston (Chaska, MN), then won 8-7 against Janelle Lach/Corey Chambers (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Manitoba Mixed Doubles Curling Tour Championship Championship title, Gill/Hewitt earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $1,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 36 of the event schedule, Gill/Hewitt did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Gill/Hewitt 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

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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