CHAMPION: Powers/Saunders Wins Nova Scotia Mixed Doubles Provincials

Marlee Powers/Luke Saunders (Halifax, NS) won 7-3 over Heather Smith/Owen Purcell (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the Nova Scotia Mixed Doubles Provincials, held February 1 - 4 at the Liverpool Curling Club in Liverpool, Canada.

Powers/Saunders finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Powers/Saunders defeated Amanda Skiffington/Paul Dexter (Halifax, NS) 10-4, then went on to lose 8-4 against Smith/Purcell. Powers/Saunders responded with a 11-3 win over Megan Trimm/Matt Sheffield (Halifax, NS). Powers/Saunders won 9-5 against Skiffington/Dexter to advance to the B-Qualifier where they 11-1 against Smith/Purcell to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Nova Scotia Mixed Doubles Provincials Championship title, Powers/Saunders earned 3.750 world rankings points, dropping 8 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 814th place overall with 38.750 total points. Powers/Saunders ranks 39th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 38.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	20	9	0	0.690	5-1	5-0	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	201	194	148	9.65	7.36	2.29	5.52	4.48	1.75	1.64	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	94	131	29	0	4-0	13-2	19-4	1.39	0.31	0.38	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	107	63	119	0	1-3	6-9	10-21	0.59	1.11	0.52	0.36

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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