Birr/Birr3-2 at 2023 Penticton Mixed Doubles

Regan Birr/Todd Birr (Blaine, MN) finished 3-2 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birr/Birr lost 10-5 to Michelle Pratt/Al Pratt (Penticton, BC), then responded with a 8-6 win over Donna Thornborough/Jason Larence (Penticton/Osoyoos, BC). Birr/Birr went on to lose 6-5 against Brett Barber/Mitch Heidt (Kerrobert, SK). Birr/Birr responded with a 11-2 win over Cindy Curtain/Richard Feeney (Penticton, BC). Birr/Birr won 8-6 against Sherrie Burechallo-Dias/Steve Strathdee (Penticton, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Birr/Birr earned 1.125 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 19 of the event schedule, Birr/Birr did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 97th to 100th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 15.378 total points. Birr/Birr ranks 132nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.752 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	7	11	0	0.389	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	114	100	127	8.77	11.14	-2.37	4.30	5.70	2.04	1.95	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	61	69	63	0	8-2	5-6	3-8	1.13	1.03	0.26	0.59

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	53	31	64	0	1-5	1-7	2-4	0.58	1.21	0.45	0.45

The Swiss Olympic rink (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) are off and running as they aim to top the podium in Cortina.

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