CHAMPION: St-Georges/Asselin Wins 2022 St. Thomas Mixed Doubles Classic

Laurie St-Georges/Felix Asselin (Montreal, QC) won 8-4 over Laura Neil/Scott McDonald (St. Thomas, ON) in the Final of the St. Thomas Mixed Doubles Classic, held December 16 - 18, 2022 at the St. Thomas Curling Club in St. Thomas, Canada. To advance to the championship game, St-Georges/Asselin won 9-0 over Lyndsey Wilson/Scott Dow (Palmerston , ON) in the semifinals of the 2022 St. Thomas Mixed Doubles Classic in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada; and won 6-3 over Regan Birr/Todd Birr (Ham Lake, MN) in the quarterfinals.

St-Georges/Asselin finished 5-0 in the 22-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, St-Georges/Asselin defeated Julie Benson/Bret Jackson (Brighton, MI) 11-1, then won 8-5 against Mackenzie Kiemele/Graham Singer (Toronto, ON) and 8-1 against Jessica Shipmaker/Mike Aprile (Mississauga, ON). St-Georges/Asselin won 10-7 against Claire Randell/Nicholas Lemieux (St. Catharines, ON), then won 8-7 against Riley Sandham/Brendan Craig (Guelph, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the St. Thomas Mixed Doubles Classic Championship title, St-Georges/Asselin earned 22.500 world rankings points along with the $1,800CDN first prize cheque, dropping 175 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 723rd place overall with 114.310 total points. St-Georges/Asselin ranks 12th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 77.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	44	5	0	0.898	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
2023	341	380	206	11.14	6.04	5.10	6.10	3.87	1.83	1.56	0.03

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	168	259	50	0	13-0	25-2	38-7	1.54	0.30	0.45	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	173	121	156	1	3-5	8-13	17-22	0.70	0.90	0.57	0.46

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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