Butler/Butler Runner-Up at 2024 Jamaica Cup - Caribbean Cup Mixed Doubles Series

Michelle Butler/Jerry Butler (Cambridge, ON) lost 11-9 to Pam Feldkamp/Damien Villard (Cambridge, ON) in the Final of the Jamaica Cup - Caribbean Cup Mixed Doubles Series, held January 20 - 21, 2024 at the Dundas Granite Curling Club in Dundas, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Butler/Butler won 7-5 over Laura Neil/Scott McDonald (St. Thomas, ON) in the semifinals of the 2024 Jamaica Cup - Caribbean Cup Mixed Doubles Series in Dundas, Ontario, Canada; and won 7-3 over Megan Smith/Doug Thomson (Newmarket, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 Jamaica Cup - Caribbean Cup Mixed Doubles Series in Dundas, Ontario, Canada;

Butler/Butler finished 2-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Butler/Butler defeated Sarah Bailey/Dylan Sipura (Georgetown, ON) 9-8, then went on to lose 9-3 against Jessica Zheng/Victor Pietrangelo (Niagara Falls, ON). Butler/Butler responded with a 9-7 win over Margot Shepherd-Spurgeon/Andrew Walker (Toronto, TOR) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Jamaica Cup - Caribbean Cup Mixed Doubles Series, Butler/Butler take home 5.500 world rankings points along with the $800CDN prize, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 7.750 total points. Butler/Butler ranks 135th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	14	14	0	0.500	0-0	0-0	0-2	0-2	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	212	178	182	8.40	8.58	-0.19	4.72	5.28	1.78	1.63	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	106	124	70	0	8-0	14-4	10-14	1.17	0.66	0.30	0.45

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	106	54	112	0	0-2	2-8	8-26	0.51	1.06	0.44	0.40

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