Apuwai-Bishop/Bishop3-3 at New Zealand Mixed Doubles Qualifier

Grace Apuwai-Bishop/Jayden Bishop (Naseby, NZL) finished 3-3 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Apuwai-Bishop/Bishop lost 12-2 to Jessica Smith/Ben Smith (Naseby, NZL), droppimg another game, 9-5 to Natalie Thurlow/Warren Dobson (Naseby, NZL) where Apuwai-Bishop/Bishop responded with a 12-5 win over Jodi Palmer/Dan Thurlow (Naseby, NZL). Apuwai-Bishop/Bishop won 7-4 against Ellie McKenzie/Jack Steele (Naseby, NZL), then won 9-3 against Temika Apuwai-Bishop/Keith Clearwater (Naseby, NZL). Apuwai-Bishop/Bishop went on to lose 11-0 against Mhairi-Bronte Duncan/Brett Sargon (Naseby, NZL) in their final qualifying round match.

Apuwai-Bishop/Bishop earned 0.563 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Apuwai-Bishop/Bishop gained 0.562 points improving upon their best 2 events, though dropped 806 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 806thplace overall with 0.562 total points. Apuwai-Bishop/Bishop ranks 7th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.562 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	3	4	0	0.429	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	47	40	52	8.51	11.06	-2.55	4.04	5.96	2.11	1.86	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	26	30	25	0	3-0	2-3	4-5	1.15	0.96	0.35	0.54

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	21	10	27	0	0-1	1-3	1-4	0.48	1.29	0.43	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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