Becker2-3 at New Zealand Mixed Doubles National Championship

Bridget Becker (Naseby, NZL) finished 2-3 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Becker lost 11-3 to Natalie Thurlow (Naseby, NZL), droppimg another game, 8-3 to Courtney Smith (Naseby, NZL) where Becker responded with a 10-5 win over Mhairi-Bronte Duncan (Naseby, NZL). Becker went on to lose 8-2 against Jessica Smith (Naseby, NZL). Becker responded with a 7-2 win over Rachael Pitts (Naseby, NZL) in their final qualifying round match.

Becker earned 0.375 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 0.376 after improving upon their best so far this season. Becker ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.814 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	7	4	0	0.636	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	72	79	60	10.97	8.33	2.64	5.00	5.00	2.19	1.67	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	39	66	19	0	7-0	3-1	7-4	1.69	0.49	0.44	0.33

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	33	13	41	0	0-1	0-5	3-5	0.39	1.24	0.52	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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