Kalk/MacAlpine7-2 at Alberta Best Western Mixed Doubles Championship

Games:	9
Record:	7W - 2L
PF/G:	8.70
PA/G:	6.09
Hammer Efficiency:	0.32
Steal Defense:	0.16
Force Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Efficiency:	0.52

Ashley Kalk/Craig MacAlpine (Edmonton, AB) finished 7-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kalk/MacAlpine defeated Chantele Broderson/Kyler Kleibrink (Edmonton, AB) 6-4, then won 8-2 against Danielle Schmiemann/Jason Ginter (Edmonton, AB) and 5-4 against 's Sharli Warawa/Justin Runciman. Kalk/MacAlpine won 7-6 against Serena Gray-Withers/Andrew Gittis (Edmonton, AB), then won 6-1 against Emma Wiens/Andrew Nowell (Weyburn, SK). Kalk/MacAlpine went on to lose 9-6 against Christa Shulman/Rodney Ouellette (Edmonton, AB). Kalk/MacAlpine lost 7-6 to Alberta's Catherine Clifford/Desmond Young where Kalk/MacAlpine responded with a 8-4 win over Broderson/Kleibrink. Kalk/MacAlpine won 8-5 against Paige Papley/Evan van Amsterdam (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Alberta Best Western Mixed Doubles Championship Championship title, Kalk/MacAlpine earned 15.000 world rankings points. For week 29 of the event schedule, Kalk/MacAlpine did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Kalk/MacAlpine ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

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