Cory Thiesse/Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) won
6-1 over
Paige Papley/Evan van Amsterdam (Edmonton, AB) 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, Thiesse/Dropkin won
9-1 over
Jaelyn Cotter/Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) in the semifinals of the 2024 Rocky Mountain Mixed Doubles Classic in Banff, Alberta, Canada; and won
8-5 over
Amanda Sluchinski/Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 Rocky Mountain Mixed Doubles Classic in Banff, Alberta, Canada;
Thiesse/Dropkin finished 5-0 in the 30-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Thiesse/Dropkin defeated
Jennifer Sachkiw/Ryan Jacques (Banff, AB) 10-2, then won
9-4 against
Roxie Trembath/Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB) and
8-1 against
Alyssa Nedohin/David Nedohin (Sherwood Park, AB). Thiesse/Dropkin won
7-4 against
Selena Sturmay/Kyler Kleibrink (Edmonton, AB), then won
9-3 against
Tahli Gill/Dean Hewitt (Brisbane, AUS) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Rocky Mountain Mixed Doubles Classic Championship title, Thiesse/Dropkin earned
30.000 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN first prize cheque. Thiesse/Dropkin move up 8 spots after posting a net gain of 9.782 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 14th overall with
77.126 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Thiesse/Dropkin ranks 31st overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
37.188 points earned so far this season.
