Gill/Hewitt Runner-Up at 2019 New Zealand Winter Games Mixed Doubles

Tahli Gill/Dean Hewitt (Brisbane, AUS) lost 7-4 to Hyeji Jang/Yujin Seong (Uiseong, KOR) in the Final of the New Zealand Winter Games Mixed Doubles, held August 27 - 30, 2019 in Naseby, New Zealand. To advance to the championship game, Gill/Hewitt won 9-7 over Therese Westman/Robin Ahlberg (Stockholm, SWE) in the semifinals of the 2019 New Zealand Winter Games Mixed Doubles in Naseby, New Zealand; and won 8-4 over Holly Thompson/Anton Hood (Naseby, NZL) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 New Zealand Winter Games Mixed Doubles in Naseby, New Zealand;

Gill/Hewitt finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gill/Hewitt defeated Emilie Desjardins/Robert Desjardins (Chicoutimi, CAN) 11-3, then went on to lose 8-6 against Jang/Seong. Gill/Hewitt responded with a 8-5 win over Jessica Smith/Ben Smith (Naseby, NZL). Gill/Hewitt won 12-2 against Eszter Juhasz/Markku Uusipaavalniemi (Hyvinkaa, FIN), then won 8-2 against Courtney Smith/Hamish Walker (Naseby, NZL) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the New Zealand Winter Games Mixed Doubles, Gill/Hewitt take home 17.359 world rankings points, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 17.36 after improving upon their best so far this season. Gill/Hewitt ranks 7th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 17.360 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

Sudbury's Jake and Tanner Horgan will ply their trade elsewhere next season as John Epping and Ian MacMillan explore options for the future.

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