Birchard/Morris Reaches 2023 MadTown DoubleDown Presented by Revive Restoration Quarters

Shannon Birchard/John Morris (Winnipeg, MB) qualified for the 2023 MadTown DoubleDown Presented by Revive Restoration playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 9-3 against Chiaki Matsumura/Yasumasa Tanida (Nagano/Hokkaido, JPN). of the 2023 MadTown DoubleDown Presented by Revive Restoration in McFarland, Wisconsin, United States;

Birchard/Morris finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birchard/Morris defeated Sarah Carlson/Ryan Carlson (Pewaukee, WI) 10-2, then went on to lose 10-6 against Kirby Gill/Hunter Clawson (Brisbane , AUS). Birchard/Morris responded with a 9-3 win over Melissa Fountain/Tony Kot (Lafayette , CO). Birchard/Morris won 13-8 against Kirstin Nickel/Gabriel Nickel (Hudson, WI), then won 10-3 against Kaye Bassett/Colin Hufman (Fairbanks, AK) in their final qualifying round match.

Birchard/Morris earned 12.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the MadTown DoubleDown Presented by Revive Restoration. For week 23 of the event schedule, Birchard/Morris did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Birchard/Morris 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: Sarah Anderson
Sarah Anderson, Andrew Stopera , Mark Lazar
Minneapolis, MN
2023: Chiaki Matsumura
Chiaki Matsumura, Yasumasa Tanida
Nagano/Hokkaido, JPN
2019: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Oskar Eriksson , Mathias Hasselborg
Sundbyberg, SWE
2018: Monica Walker
Monica Walker, Alex Leichter
Boston, MA

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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