Martin/Laycock2-5 at 2024 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials

Games:	7
Record:	2W - 5L
PF/G:	6.12
PA/G:	9.59
Hammer Efficiency:	0.25
Steal Defense:	0.38
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Nancy Martin/Steve Laycock (Saskatoon , SK) finished 2-5 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Martin/Laycock lost 6-3 to Brittany Tran/Rylan Kleiter (Calgary, AB), droppimg another game, 7-4 to Jessica Zheng/Victor Pietrangelo (Niagara Falls, ON). Martin/Laycock lost 7-4 to Paige Papley/Evan Van Amsterdam (Edmonton, AB) where Martin/Laycock responded with a 7-6 win over Jennifer Jones/Brent Laing (Barrie, ON). Martin/Laycock went on to lose 8-2 against Anne Sophie Gionest/Robert Desjardins (Saguenay, QC). Martin/Laycock lost 8-3 to Rachel Homan/Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) where Martin/Laycock responded with a 7-5 win over Laura Walker/Kirk Muyres (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Martin/Laycock earned 5.250 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Martin/Laycock gained -4.874 points improving upon their best 5 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 8thplace overall with 106.252 total points. Martin/Laycock ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 86.376 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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