Ashton/Gira2-1 at Parksville Double Doubles Spiel

Alex Ashton/Kris Gira (Calgary , AB) finished 2-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ashton/Gira defeated Anne Pifer/Neil Pifer (Charlotte, NC) 11-3, then went on to lose 9-7 against Hannah Durrant/Corey Chester (Victoria, BC). Ashton/Gira responded with a 6-3 win over Estefana Quintero/Ismael Abreu (Mexico City, MEX) in their final qualifying round match.

Ashton/Gira earned 1.250 world rankings points for their Top 7 finish in the Parksville Double Doubles Spiel, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 1.203 after improving upon their best so far this season. Ashton/Gira ranks 162nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	6	15	0	0.286	2-0	1-3	1-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	140	103	141	7.36	10.07	-2.71	4.71	5.29	1.56	1.91	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	68	68	43	0	3-0	4-5	9-7	1.00	0.63	0.24	0.38

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	72	35	98	0	0-7	1-8	9-11	0.49	1.36	0.46	0.33

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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