CHAMPION: Gaidule/Buncis Wins 2024 WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 1

Games:	8
Record:	8W - 0L
PF/G:	10.71
PA/G:	4.46
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.56

Katrina Gaidule/Roberts Buncis (Riga, LAT) won 9-2 over Evelina Barone/Kristaps Zass (Riga, LAT) in the Final of the WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 1, held October 31 - November 2, 2024 in Riga, Latvia. To advance to the championship game, Gaidule/Buncis won 6-2 over Andrine Roenning/Harald Daehlin (Lillehammer, NOR) in the semifinals of the 2024 WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 1 in Riga, Latvia; and won 6-1 over Daina Barone/Eduard Nikolov (Riga, LAT) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 1 in Riga, Latvia;

Gaidule/Buncis finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gaidule/Buncis defeated Sabine Jeske/Arnis Veidemanis (Riga, LAT) 8-7, then won 7-5 against Akvile Rykove/Konstantin Rykov (Vilnius, LTU) and 10-4 against Sylvi Hausstatter/Sondre Svorkmo-Lundberg (Lillehammer, NOR). Gaidule/Buncis won 8-3 against Iluta Linde/Janis Redlihs (Riga, LAT) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 1 Championship title, Gaidule/Buncis earned 3.750 world rankings points along with the $500CDN first prize cheque. For week 14 of the event schedule, Gaidule/Buncis did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Gaidule/Buncis 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

2024: Katrina Gaidule
Katrina Gaidule, Roberts Buncis
Riga, LAT
2024: Tori Koana
Tori Koana, Go Aoki
Karuizawa, JPN
2023: Linnea Nilsson
Linnea Nilsson, Simon Olofsson
Uppsala, SWE
2023: Linda Joo
Linda Joo, Lorinc Tatar
Budapest, HUN
2022: Karoliine Kaare
Karoliine Kaare, Harri Lill
Tallinn, EST
2021: Marie Kaldvee
Marie Kaldvee, Harri Lill
Tallinn, EST

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