Barber/Heidt Reaches Penticton Mixed Doubles Semifinals

Brett Barber/Mitch Heidt (Kerrobert, SK) run at the Penticton Mixed Doubles came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-1 loss to Brittany Tran/Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB). of the Penticton Mixed Doubles in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada; Barber/Heidt advanced through the quarterfinals with a 5-3 win over Ashley Mallett/Nicholas Meister (Langley, BC). of the Penticton Mixed Doubles in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada;

Barber/Heidt finished 4-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Barber/Heidt defeated Stacy Vande Cappelle/Adam Lucarino (Penticton, BC) 8-5, then won 11-3 against Sherrie Burechallo-Dias/Steve Strathdee (Penticton, BC) and 6-5 against Regan Birr/Todd Birr (Blaine, MN). Barber/Heidt went on to lose 10-4 against Donna Thornborough/Jason Larence (Penticton/Osoyoos, BC). Barber/Heidt responded with a 8-1 win over Michelle Pratt/Al Pratt (Penticton, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Barber/Heidt earned 4.250 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Penticton Mixed Doubles, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 2.008 after improving upon their best so far this season. Barber/Heidt ranks 47th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 19.752 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	20	17	0	0.541	0-2	0-2	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	250	225	225	9.00	9.00	0.00	4.64	5.32	1.94	1.69	0.04

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	135	171	68	0	14-0	11-4	21-7	1.27	0.50	0.34	0.39

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	115	54	157	1	1-9	3-17	11-15	0.47	1.37	0.49	0.30

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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