Smith/Thomson Reaches Palmerston Mixed Doubles Spiel Quarters

Megan Smith/Doug Thomson (Newmarket, ON) qualified for the Palmerston Mixed Doubles Spiel playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-4 against Katie Cottrill/Shawn Cottrill (Belgrave, ON). of the Palmerston Mixed Doubles Spiel in Palmerston, Ontario, Canada;

Smith/Thomson finished 2-1 in the 23-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith/Thomson defeated Jessica Zheng/Victor Pietrangelo (Niagara Falls, ON) 8-7, then went on to lose 8-6 against Tori Koana/Go Aoki (Karuizawa, JPN). Smith/Thomson responded with a 9-4 win over Dawn Sherk/Nate Sherk (Ayr, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Smith/Thomson earned 6.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Palmerston Mixed Doubles Spiel, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 11.555 total points. Smith/Thomson ranks 58th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	33	24	0	0.579	4-0	1-2	2-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	397	381	336	9.60	8.46	1.13	5.31	4.69	1.81	1.81	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	187	257	87	0	16-0	18-4	36-21	1.37	0.47	0.37	0.31

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	210	124	249	0	2-10	6-26	23-38	0.59	1.19	0.42	0.39

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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