CHAMPION: Zheng/Pietrangelo Wins 2023 Ontario Mixed Doubles Tour Championship

Jessica Zheng/Victor Pietrangelo (Niagara Falls, ON) won 6-5 over Kimberly Tuck/Wayne Tuck (Strathroy, ON) in the Final of the Ontario Mixed Doubles Tour Championship, held January 13 - 15, 2023 at the Galt Curling Club in Cambridge, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Zheng/Pietrangelo won 9-2 over Terri Weeks/Sam Steep (Waterloo, ON) in the semifinals of the 2023 Ontario Mixed Doubles Tour Championship in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada; and won 5-4 over Tori Zemmelink/Kibo Mulima (Guelph, ON) in the quarterfinals.

Zheng/Pietrangelo finished 2-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Zheng/Pietrangelo lost 6-4 to Zemmelink/Mulima, then responded with a 12-2 win over Hanna Davis/Steve Davis (MISSISSAUGA, ON). Zheng/Pietrangelo won 7-6 against Catherine Liscumb/Chris Liscumb (Ilderton, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Ontario Mixed Doubles Tour Championship Championship title, Zheng/Pietrangelo earned 26.250 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 24 of the event schedule, Zheng/Pietrangelo did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Zheng/Pietrangelo 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

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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