Cottrill/Cottrill Runner-Up at 2023 Palmerston Mixed Doubles Spiel

Katie Cottrill/Shawn Cottrill (Belgrave, ON) lost 5-3 to Tori Koana/Go Aoki (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the Palmerston Mixed Doubles Spiel, held November 3 - 5, 2023 at the Palmerston Curling Club in Palmerston, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Cottrill/Cottrill won 9-6 over Mackenzie Kiemele/Graham Singer (Toronto, ON) in the semifinals of the 2023 Palmerston Mixed Doubles Spiel in Palmerston, Ontario, Canada; and won 7-4 over Megan Smith/Doug Thomson (Newmarket, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Palmerston Mixed Doubles Spiel in Palmerston, Ontario, Canada;

Cottrill/Cottrill finished 3-0 in the 23-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Cottrill/Cottrill defeated Anne Pifer/Neil Pifer (Charlotte, NC) 7-4, then won 8-6 against Hanna Davis/Steve Davis (Mississauga, ON) and 8-4 against Anneka Burghout/Marty Thompson (Toronto, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Palmerston Mixed Doubles Spiel, Cottrill/Cottrill take home 11.000 world rankings points along with the $1,000CDN prize, remaining in 68th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -4.618 after improving upon their best so far this season. Cottrill/Cottrill ranks 103rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	11	11	0	0.500	1-2	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	162	141	149	8.70	9.20	-0.49	5.25	4.75	1.66	1.94	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	80	103	39	0	4-1	9-3	14-7	1.29	0.49	0.34	0.29

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	82	38	110	0	1-4	0-13	6-17	0.46	1.34	0.37	0.34

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