CHAMPION: Martin/Laycock Wins 2023 Sask Curling Tour Mixed Doubles Midweek Kick-off

Nancy Martin/Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) won 6-4 over Sherry Just/Chad Gareau (Prince Albert, SK) in the Final of the Sask Curling Tour Mixed Doubles Midweek Kick-off, held September 17 - 21, 2023 at the Sutherland Curling Club in Saskatoon, . To advance to the championship game, Martin/Laycock won 8-5 over Melissa Remeshylo/Dylan Derksen (Martensville, SK) in the semifinals of the 2023 Sask Curling Tour Mixed Doubles Midweek Kick-off in Saskatoon;

Martin/Laycock finished 3-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Martin/Laycock defeated Renee Wood/Dominic Barlow (Saskatoon, SK) 6-3, then won 9-5 against Rianna Kish/Bryden Tessier (Saskatoon, SK) and 9-8 against Remeshylo/Derksen in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Sask Curling Tour Mixed Doubles Midweek Kick-off Championship title, Martin/Laycock earned 11.250 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 9 of the event schedule, Martin/Laycock did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 10th place on the World Ranking Standings with 155.627 total points. Martin/Laycock ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 19.126 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	30	13	0	0.698	6-1	1-1	2-1	0-0	1-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	321	314	223	9.78	6.95	2.83	5.33	4.61	1.84	1.51	0.06

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	163	234	70	2	8-1	22-2	49-14	1.44	0.43	0.49	0.30

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	158	80	153	0	1-3	3-9	12-27	0.51	0.97	0.61	0.37

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