CHAMPION: Neil/McDonald Wins 2023 Walker Industries Mixed Doubles Spiel

Laura Neil/Scott McDonald (St. Thomas, ON) won 9-7 over Jiyoon Kim/ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR) in the Final of the Walker Industries Mixed Doubles Spiel, held January 6 - 8, 2023 at the Arthur and Area Curling Club in Arthur, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Neil/McDonald won 7-5 over Katie Cottrill/Shawn Cottrill (Belgrave, ON) in the semifinals of the 2023 Walker Industries Mixed Doubles Spiel in Arthur, Ontario, Canada; and won 8-3 over Jessica Shipmaker/Mike Aprile (Mississauga, ON) in the quarterfinals.

Neil/McDonald finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Neil/McDonald lost 6-3 to Paulina Hajduk/Jan Horacek (Bratislava, SVK), then responded with a 7-2 win over Catherine Liscumb/Chris Liscumb (Ilderton, ON). Neil/McDonald won 7-4 against Jenny Madden/Samuel Guilbeault (Ottawa , ON), then won 10-4 against Meaghan Mallett/Brendan Jackson (Mississauga, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Walker Industries Mixed Doubles Spiel Championship title, Neil/McDonald earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $1,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 564th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 11.734 after improving upon their best so far this season. Neil/McDonald ranks 45th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 31.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	32	13	0	0.711	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	315	315	218	10.00	6.92	3.08	5.43	4.57	1.84	1.51	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	152	205	62	0	7-0	23-2	31-11	1.35	0.41	0.40	0.31

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	163	110	156	0	2-2	6-14	26-25	0.67	0.96	0.58	0.40

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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