CHAMPION: Wasylkiw/Konings Wins 2021 Oakville Mixed Doubles Classic

Lauren Wasylkiw/Shane Konings (Unionville, ON) won 10-4 over Bobbie Sauder/Sean Harrison (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Oakville Mixed Doubles Classic, held September 25 - 27, 2021 at the Oakville Curling Club in Oakville, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Wasylkiw/Konings won 9-7 over Alli Flaxey/Patrick Janssen (Toronto, ON) in the semifinals of the 2021 Oakville Mixed Doubles Classic in Oakville, Ontario, Canada; and won 10-5 over Jessica Shipmaker/Mike Aprile (Mississauga, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 Oakville Mixed Doubles Classic in Oakville, Ontario, Canada;

Wasylkiw/Konings finished 4-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wasylkiw/Konings defeated Emma Malfara/Robert Wright (Toronto, ON) 8-5, then won 8-4 against Sarah Jagger/Chris Wai (Toronto, ON) and 7-5 against Sauder/Harrison. Wasylkiw/Konings won 9-5 against Keira McLaughlin/Tanner Horgan (Sudbury, NONT) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Oakville Mixed Doubles Classic Championship title, Wasylkiw/Konings earned 22.940 world rankings points along with the $650CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 97.508 total points. Wasylkiw/Konings ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 46.452 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	29	10	0	0.744	2-0	1-0	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	263	272	172	10.34	6.54	3.80	5.93	4.03	1.74	1.62	0.04

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	117	157	48	0	6-0	13-1	30-11	1.34	0.41	0.42	0.30

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	146	115	124	1	1-6	7-5	24-22	0.79	0.85	0.54	0.51

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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