CHAMPION: Tuck/Tuck Jr. Wins 2019 Ilderton Mixed Doubles Spiel

Kimberly Tuck/Wayne Tuck Jr. (Ilderton, ON) won 6-3 over Lyndsey Wilson/Scott Dow (Palmerston, ON) in the Final of the Ilderton Mixed Doubles Spiel, held November 22 - 24, 2019 at the Ilderton Curling Club in Ilderton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Tuck/Tuck Jr. won 8-3 over Catherine Liscumb/Chris Liscumb (Ilderton, ON) in the semifinals of the 2019 Ilderton Mixed Doubles Spiel in Ilderton, Ontario, Canada; and won 6-4 over Nicole Westlund Stewart/Tyler Stewart (Ayr, ON) in the quarterfinals.

Tuck/Tuck Jr. finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tuck/Tuck Jr. defeated Lindsay Kastrau/John Willsey (Waterloo, ON) 9-5, then won 8-2 against Carrie Robertson/Alex Robertson (St. Marys, ON) and 9-4 against Stephanie Thompson/Matt Lowe (Unionville, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Ilderton Mixed Doubles Spiel Championship title, Tuck/Tuck Jr. earned 21.751 world rankings points along with the $1,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 18.228 after improving upon their best so far this season. Tuck/Tuck Jr. ranks 23rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 42.988 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

Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner (Photo: Stephen Fisher/World Curling) claim Italy's first World Mixed Doubles Championship crown.

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