Tran/Thiessen Reaches Curling Alberta Mixed Doubles Provincial Championship Quarters

Brittany Tran/Bradley Thiessen (Calgary, AB) qualified for the Curling Alberta Mixed Doubles Provincial Championship playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 9-8 against Danielle Schmiemann/Jason Ginter (Edmonton, AB). of the Curling Alberta Mixed Doubles Provincial Championship in Lethbridge;

Tran/Thiessen finished 4-2 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tran/Thiessen defeated Hailey Dupras/Justice Jacques (Edmonton, AB) 11-1, then won 8-5 against Kayla Skrlik/Jeremy Harty (Calgary, AB) to advance to a A-Qualifier game where they lost 6-2 against Selena Sturmay/Kyler Kleibrink (Edmonton, AB). Tran/Thiessen responded with a 9-8 win over Claire Booth/Ky Macaulay (Calgary, AB) to advance to a B-Qualifier game where they lost 8-1 against Amanda Sluchinski/Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB) to drop into a C-Qualifier game where they responded with a 9-2 win over Kayleigh Shannon/Rhett Whittmire (Lethbridge, AB) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

Tran/Thiessen earned 4.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Curling Alberta Mixed Doubles Provincial Championship, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 1.313 after improving upon their best so far this season. Tran/Thiessen ranks 107th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 9.126 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	8	5	0	0.615	1-0	1-0	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	92	101	72	10.98	7.83	3.15	4.78	5.11	2.30	1.53	0.11

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	49	85	22	0	9-0	7-0	8-5	1.73	0.45	0.49	0.35

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	43	16	50	1	0-1	1-4	2-9	0.37	1.16	0.53	0.28

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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