Sandham/Tuck Reaches Mixed Doubles Players' Championship Quarters

Riley Sandham/Wayne Tuck (Guelph, ON) qualified for the Mixed Doubles Players' Championship playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-3 against Jennifer Jones/Brent Laing (Barrie, ON).

Sandham/Tuck finished 2-2 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sandham/Tuck lost 8-7 to Nancy Martin/Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK), then responded with a 5-3 win over Tahli Gill/Dean Hewitt (Brisbane, AUS). Sandham/Tuck went on to lose 5-4 against Casandra Spruit/Geoff Spruit (Winchester, ON). Sandham/Tuck responded with a 9-5 win over Marlee Powers/Luke Saunders (Halifax, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

Sandham/Tuck earned 19.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Mixed Doubles Players' Championship. Sandham/Tuck move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 6.75 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 810th overall with 61.126 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Sandham/Tuck ranks 19th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 61.126 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	40	17	0	0.702	8-4	2-2	5-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	399	414	283	10.38	7.09	3.28	5.69	4.24	1.82	1.67	0.08

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	182	255	71	0	17-0	17-3	34-12	1.40	0.39	0.37	0.29

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	217	159	212	3	5-9	9-18	28-30	0.73	0.98	0.51	0.45

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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