Smith4-1 at New Zealand Mixed Doubles National Championship

Jessica Smith (Naseby, NZL) finished 4-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith defeated Mhairi-Bronte Duncan (Naseby, NZL) 7-6, then won 9-3 against Rachael Pitts (Naseby, NZL). Smith went on to lose 7-5 against Courtney Smith (Naseby, NZL). Smith responded with a 8-2 win over Bridget Becker (Naseby, NZL). Smith won 6-2 against Natalie Thurlow (Naseby, NZL) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the New Zealand Mixed Doubles National Championship, Smith take home 2.750 world rankings points, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 5.188 total points. Smith ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.188 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	10	4	0	0.714	0-0	0-0	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	100	114	54	11.40	5.40	6.00	6.30	3.70	1.81	1.46	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	42	62	12	0	4-0	3-0	10-2	1.48	0.29	0.40	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	58	52	42	0	2-1	4-2	7-8	0.90	0.72	0.59	0.53

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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