CHAMPION: Homan/Morris Wins 2021 Qualico Mixed Doubles Classic

Rachel Homan/John Morris (Ottawa, ON) won 6-5 over Jocelyn Peterman/Brett Gallant (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Qualico Mixed Doubles Classic, held September 30 - October 3, 2021 at the Banff Curling Club in Banff, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Homan/Morris won 8-2 over Jennifer Jones/Brent Laing (Barrie, ON) in the semifinals of the 2021 Qualico Mixed Doubles Classic in Banff, Alberta, Canada; and won 7-6 over Selena Sturmay/Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 Qualico Mixed Doubles Classic in Banff, Alberta, Canada;

Homan/Morris finished 5-0 in the 36-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Homan/Morris defeated Kayla Skrlik/Gregg Hamilton (Calgary, AB) 11-5, then won 10-4 against Danielle Schmiemann/Jason Ginter (Edmonton, AB) and 7-6 against Selena Njegovan/Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB). Homan/Morris won 9-6 against Madison Kleiter/Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK), then won 10-3 against Ashley Quick/Mike Armstrong (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Qualico Mixed Doubles Classic Championship title, Homan/Morris earned 52.760 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 161.448 total points. Homan/Morris ranks 7th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 52.760 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	13	3	0	0.813	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	124	118	83	9.52	6.69	2.82	5.48	4.52	1.74	1.48	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	59	83	20	0	4-1	6-0	13-4	1.41	0.34	0.39	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	65	35	63	0	0-0	4-4	5-12	0.54	0.97	0.63	0.34

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

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