CHAMPION: Gionest/Desjardins Wins 2023 GOLDLINE Valleyfield Mixed Doubles

Anne Sophie Gionest/Robert Desjardins (Chicoutimi, QC) won 8-2 over Emilia Gagne/Pierre-Luc Morissette (QuÃ©bec, QC) in the Final of the GOLDLINE Valleyfield Mixed Doubles, held October 13 - 15, 2023 at the Valleyfield Curling Club in , Quebec. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Gionest/Desjardins won 10-3 over Kelsey Boyd/Zackary Wise (Montreal , QC) to advance to the championship game. of the 2023 GOLDLINE Valleyfield Mixed Doubles in , Quebec;

Gionest/Desjardins finished 3-0 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gionest/Desjardins defeated Alexandra Legault/Zachary Janidlo (MontrÃ©al, QC) 7-6, then won 10-4 against Boyd/Wise and 10-2 against Stephanie Chen/Justin Chen (Kingston, JAM) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the GOLDLINE Valleyfield Mixed Doubles Championship title, Gionest/Desjardins earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $800CDN first prize cheque. Gionest/Desjardins gained -12.969 points improving upon their best 3 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 29thplace overall with 71.533 total points. Gionest/Desjardins ranks 7th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 32.626 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	31	13	0	0.705	8-1	4-2	4-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	302	291	211	9.64	6.99	2.65	5.33	4.64	1.81	1.51	0.03

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	149	205	61	1	11-0	21-2	28-8	1.38	0.41	0.41	0.33

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	153	86	150	0	0-5	5-8	14-28	0.56	0.98	0.55	0.41

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