CHAMPION: Walker/Muyres Wins 2023 Alberta Curling Series Mixed Doubles

Laura Walker/Kirk Muyres (Edmonton, AB) won 7-6 over Taylor Reese-Hansen/Corey Chester (Victoria, BC) in the Final of the Alberta Curling Series Mixed Doubles - Event 1, held November 24 - 26, 2023 at the Beaumont Curling Club in Beaumont, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Walker/Muyres won 8-4 over Anna Munroe/Steven Leong (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2023 Alberta Curling Series Mixed Doubles - Event 1 in Beaumont, Alberta, Canada; and won 9-2 over Margot Flemming/Jamie Koe (Yellowknife, NT) in the quarterfinals.

Walker/Muyres finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walker/Muyres defeated Roxie Trembath/Scott McCamis (Winnipeg, MB) 9-7, then won 9-5 against Brittany Tran/Bradley Thiessen (Airdrie, AB) and 8-4 against Jessica Wytrychowski/Michael Dumont (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Alberta Curling Series Mixed Doubles - Event 1 Championship title, Walker/Muyres earned 18.750 world rankings points along with the $1,800CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 4th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -20.876 after improving upon their best so far this season. Walker/Muyres ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 74.314 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	37	15	0	0.712	3-0	2-1	1-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	369	352	283	9.54	7.67	1.87	5.53	4.44	1.73	1.73	0.03

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	180	257	67	0	13-1	23-6	34-7	1.43	0.37	0.39	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	189	95	216	1	1-5	5-20	13-42	0.50	1.14	0.44	0.37

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