Paige Papley/Evan van Amsterdam (Edmonton, AB) lost
6-1 to
Cory Thiesse/Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) in the Final of the Rocky Mountain Mixed Doubles Classic, held January 4 - 7, 2024 at the Banff Curling Club in Banff, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Papley/van Amsterdam won
8-7 over
Jocelyn Peterman/Brett Gallant (Red Deer, AB) in the semifinals of the 2024 Rocky Mountain Mixed Doubles Classic in Banff, Alberta, Canada; and won
6-5 over
Danielle Schmiemann/Jason Ginter (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 Rocky Mountain Mixed Doubles Classic in Banff, Alberta, Canada;
Papley/van Amsterdam finished 4-1 in the 30-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Papley/van Amsterdam defeated
Brett Barber/Mitch Heidt (Kerrobert, SK) 10-6, then won
14-3 against
Karen Dreaver/Roger Dougall (Canmore, AB). Papley/van Amsterdam went on to lose
9-3 against
Schmiemann/Ginter. Papley/van Amsterdam responded with a
11-5 win over
Peterman/Gallant. Papley/van Amsterdam won
8-7 against
Zoe Cinnamon/Gabriel Dyck (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Rocky Mountain Mixed Doubles Classic, Papley/van Amsterdam take home
22.000 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN prize. Papley/van Amsterdam move up 22 spots after posting a net gain of 90.629 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 2nd overall with
157.194 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Papley/van Amsterdam ranks 3rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
115.630 points earned so far this season.
