Hamilton/Hamilton Runner-Up at MadTown DoubleDown Presented by Motus Financial

Rebecca Hamilton/Matt Hamilton (McFarland, WI) lost 7-6 to Sarah Anderson/Andrew Stopera (Minneapolis, MN) in the Final of the MadTown DoubleDown Presented by Motus Financial, held January 4 - 7 at the Madison Curling Club in McFarland, United States. To advance to the championship game, Hamilton/Hamilton won 6-5 over Laura Walker/Kirk Muyres (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the MadTown DoubleDown Presented by Motus Financial in McFarland, Wisconsin, United States; and won 8-6 over Cora Farrell/Coleman Thurston (Chaska, MN) in the quarterfinals.

Hamilton/Hamilton finished 4-0 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hamilton/Hamilton defeated Becca Wood/Tony Kot (Denver, CO) 8-3, then won 6-1 against Clare Moores/Lance Wheeler (Denver, CO) and 7-1 against Emira Abbes/Klaudius Harsch (Fuessen, GER). Hamilton/Hamilton won 7-6 against Anderson/Stopera in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the MadTown DoubleDown Presented by Motus Financial, Hamilton/Hamilton take home 16.500 world rankings points along with the $6,407CDN prize, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 26.250 total points. Hamilton/Hamilton ranks 74th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 16.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	9	3	0	0.750	0-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	85	85	57	10.00	6.71	3.29	5.65	4.35	1.77	1.54	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	40	57	12	0	1-0	7-0	9-1	1.43	0.30	0.43	0.28

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	45	28	45	0	0-3	2-2	5-5	0.62	1.00	0.62	0.42

2024: Sarah Anderson
Sarah Anderson, Andrew Stopera , Mark Lazar
Minneapolis, MN
2023: Chiaki Matsumura
Chiaki Matsumura, Yasumasa Tanida
Nagano/Hokkaido, JPN
2019: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Oskar Eriksson , Mathias Hasselborg
Sundbyberg, SWE
2018: Monica Walker
Monica Walker, Alex Leichter
Boston, MA

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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