Smith/Hood5-0 at New Zealand Mixed Doubles Qualifier

Games:	5
Record:	5W - 0L
PF/G:	14.06
PA/G:	3.44
Hammer Efficiency:	0.80
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.64

Courtney Smith/Anton Hood (Naseby, NZL) finished 5-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith/Hood defeated Lucy Neilson/Darcy Nevill (Naseby, NZL) 9-2, then won 10-2 against Ruby Kinney/Hunter Walker (Naseby, NZL) and 9-2 against Natalie Thurlow/Warren Dobson (Naseby, NZL). Smith/Hood won 6-3 against Ellie McKenzie/Jared Palanuik (Naseby, NZL), then won 11-2 against Tahlia Petersen/William Becker (Naseby, NZL) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the New Zealand Mixed Doubles Qualifier Championship title, Smith/Hood earned 3.250 world rankings points. For week 1 of the event schedule, Smith/Hood did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Smith/Hood ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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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