CHAMPION: Westman/Ahlberg Wins 2022 Gothenburg Mixed Doubles Cup

Therese Westman/Robin Ahlberg (Stockholm, SWE) won 8-3 over Kristin Moen Skaslien/Magnus Nedregotten (Oslo, NOR) in the Final of the Gothenburg Mixed Doubles Cup, held December 28 - 30, 2022 in Gothenburg, Sweden. To advance to the championship game, Westman/Ahlberg won 8-5 over Maia Ramsfjell/Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR) in the semifinals of the 2022 Gothenburg Mixed Doubles Cup in Gothenburg, Sweden; and won 9-3 over Martine Roenning/Mathias Braenden (Lillehammer, NOR) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 Gothenburg Mixed Doubles Cup in Gothenburg, Sweden;

Westman/Ahlberg finished 4-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Westman/Ahlberg defeated Lea Hueppi/Jonas Weiss (Dubendorf, SUI) 9-6, then won 7-4 against Roenning/Braenden and 9-3 against Alva Sundberg/Axel Yseus (Karlstad, SWE). Westman/Ahlberg won 9-5 against Mintaute Jurkute/Paulius Rymeikis (Vilnius, LTU) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Gothenburg Mixed Doubles Cup Championship title, Westman/Ahlberg earned 30.000 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 22 of the event schedule, Westman/Ahlberg did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Westman/Ahlberg 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

2022: Therese Westman
Therese Westman, Robin Ahlberg
Stockholm, SWE
2021: Kristin Moen Skaslien
Kristin Moen Skaslien, Magnus Nedregotten
Oslo, NOR
2019: Michele Jaeggi
Michele Jaeggi, Marc Pfister
Bern, SUI

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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