CHAMPION: Tuck/Tuck Jr. Wins 2019 Ilderton Mixed Doubles Spiel

Kimberly Tuck/Wayne Tuck Jr. (Ilderton, ON) won 6-3 over Lyndsey Wilson/Scott Dow (Palmerston, ON) in the Final of the Ilderton Mixed Doubles Spiel, held November 22 - 24, 2019 at the Ilderton Curling Club in Ilderton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Tuck/Tuck Jr. won 8-3 over Catherine Liscumb/Chris Liscumb (Ilderton, ON) in the semifinals of the 2019 Ilderton Mixed Doubles Spiel in Ilderton, Ontario, Canada; and won 6-4 over Nicole Westlund Stewart/Tyler Stewart (Ayr, ON) in the quarterfinals.

Tuck/Tuck Jr. finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tuck/Tuck Jr. defeated Lindsay Kastrau/John Willsey (Waterloo, ON) 9-5, then won 8-2 against Carrie Robertson/Alex Robertson (St. Marys, ON) and 9-4 against Stephanie Thompson/Matt Lowe (Unionville, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Ilderton Mixed Doubles Spiel Championship title, Tuck/Tuck Jr. earned 21.751 world rankings points along with the $1,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 18.228 after improving upon their best so far this season. Tuck/Tuck Jr. ranks 23rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 42.988 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

CURLING HISTORY: A Prize Letter

In the run up to Christmas Day, 1893, the Aberdeen Peoples's Journal offered a prize of one guinea for the best letter about curling! That's the invitation... (read more)
EXTRA EXTRA END PODCAST: E20: Two-time U.S. Olympian Jessica...

A quick break for the Memorial Day holiday and we're back with our guest and new USA Curling Womenâs National Team & Juniors Director Jessica Schultz.... (read more)
MIKE THE CURLING GUY: Doing Jello Shots with my Kids...

I am in week 3 of isolation/quarantine/home schooling and getting a little squirrel-y. Personal hygiene has become optional. The kids have watched the entire... (read more)
WORLD CURLING REPORT: November 27th, 2019

On today's World Curling Report...we recap Day 1 of the 2019 Canada Cup. (read more)
FROM THE HACK: From the Hack Podcast - November...

On this week's podcast we focus on the Canada Cup with past champion Reid Carruthers (04:09), Adam Kingsbury - former coach of Team Homan and Team Jacobs (11:53)... (read more)