Papley/van Amsterdam7-2 at Alberta Best Western Mixed Doubles Championship

Paige Papley/Evan van Amsterdam (Edmonton, AB) finished 7-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Papley/van Amsterdam defeated 's Kim Bonneau/Braden Pelech 7-6, then won 10-2 against 's Cameron Kuzma/Cole Ector and 7-1 against 's Selena Sturmay/Brad Hamilton. Papley/van Amsterdam won 8-6 against Jessica Wytrychowski/Michael Dumont (Calgary, AB). Papley/van Amsterdam went on to lose 7-4 against 's Brianna Cullen/Ryan Jacques. Papley/van Amsterdam responded with a 9-5 win over Amanda Sluchinski/Aaron Sluchinski (Calgary, AB). Papley/van Amsterdam won 7-3 against 's Hoffman/Dean Mamer, then won 9-6 against Danielle Schmiemann/Jason Ginter (Edmonton, AB). Papley/van Amsterdam went on to lose 8-5 against Ashley Kalk/Craig MacAlpine (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Alberta Best Western Mixed Doubles Championship, Papley/van Amsterdam take home 11.000 world rankings points. For week 29 of the event schedule, Papley/van Amsterdam did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Papley/van Amsterdam 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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