Jones/Laing Reaches Hardline Open Quarters

Games:	4
Record:	2W - 2L
PF/G:	11.07
PA/G:	6.07
Hammer Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Jennifer Jones/Brent Laing (Barrie, ON) qualified for the Hardline Open playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-5 against Jennifer Dodds/Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO). of the Hardline Open in Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada;

Jones/Laing finished 2-1 in the 24 team Hardline Open qualifying round, held September 29 - October 2 at the Carleton Place Curling Club in Carleton Place, Canada. In their opening game, Jones/Laing defeated Kelly Tremblay/Pierre Lanoue (Saguenay, QC) 11-2, then went on to lose 7-6 against Marie Kaldvee/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST). Jones/Laing responded with a 9-1 win over Erica Hopson/Kevin Tippett (Ottawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Jones/Laing earned 21.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Hardline Open, remaining in 548th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 85.682 total points. Jones/Laing ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 44.376 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	17	9	0	0.654	1-0	3-1	2-1	1-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	180	208	121	11.56	6.72	4.83	5.94	4.06	1.94	1.66	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	78	139	24	0	9-0	14-2	20-3	1.78	0.31	0.55	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	102	69	97	0	1-3	3-7	14-16	0.68	0.95	0.54	0.45

Jones and Laing win first-ever mixed doubles title

With a 9-4 victory over Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant in Sunday's championship final, Jennifer Jones and Brent Laing (Photo: Curling Canada) took home the gold medal at the 2023 Canadian Mixed Doubles Championship.

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