CHAMPION: Weagle/Epping Wins 2023 St. Thomas Mixed Doubles Classic

Games:	8
Record:	8W - 0L
PF/G:	12.22
PA/G:	5.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.48

Lisa Weagle/John Epping (Toronto, ON) won 6-5 over Olivia Forster/Kyle Forster (Elmira, ON) in the Final of the St. Thomas Mixed Doubles Classic, held December 15 - 17, 2023 at the St. Thomas Curling Club in St. Thomas, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Weagle/Epping won 8-2 over Lori Eddy/Scott McDonald (St. Thomas, ON) in the semifinals of the 2023 St. Thomas Mixed Doubles Classic in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada; and won 9-6 over Lauren Wasylkiw/Shane Konings (Stouffville, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 St. Thomas Mixed Doubles Classic in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada;

Weagle/Epping finished 5-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Weagle/Epping defeated Mackenzie Kiemele/Graham Singer (Toronto, ON) 5-2, then won 12-3 against Hanna Davis/Steve Davis (Mississauga, ON) and 9-2 against Jessica Shipmaker/Graeme Robson (Mississauga, ON). Weagle/Epping won 7-3 against Isabelle Ladouceur/Kibo Mulima (Waterloo, ON), then won 10-4 against Terri Weeks/Sam Steep (Waterloo, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the St. Thomas Mixed Doubles Classic Championship title, Weagle/Epping earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $1,800CDN first prize cheque. Weagle/Epping gained -15.296 points improving upon their best 6 events, though dropped 10 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 39thplace overall with 50.954 total points. Weagle/Epping ranks 131st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.062 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	22	9	0	0.710	3-1	0-0	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	219	217	158	9.91	7.21	2.69	5.39	4.61	1.84	1.56	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	112	155	41	0	7-0	16-1	19-8	1.38	0.37	0.38	0.28

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	107	62	117	0	2-3	4-6	11-25	0.58	1.09	0.51	0.35

2024: Megan Ford
Megan Ford, Daniel Krowchuk
Niagara Falls, ON
2023: Lisa Weagle
Lisa Weagle, John Epping
Toronto, ON
2022: Laurie St-Georges
Laurie St-Georges, Felix Asselin
Montreal, QC
2021: Clancy Grandy
Clancy Grandy, Patrick Janssen
Pickering, ON

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