CHAMPION: Schoell/Harsch Wins 2023 Pinerolo Mixed Doubles Cup

Pia-Lisa Schoell/Klaudius Harsch (Oberstorf, GER) won 7-4 over Denise Pimpini/Alberto Pimpini (Pinerolo, ITA) in the Final of the Pinerolo Mixed Doubles Cup, held February 23 - 26, 2023 in Pinerolo, Italy. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Schoell/Harsch won 8-4 over Giorgia Maurino/Simone Gonin (Pinerolo, ITA) to advance to the championship game. of the 2023 Pinerolo Mixed Doubles Cup in Pinerolo, Italy;

Schoell/Harsch finished 5-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Schoell/Harsch defeated Rachele Scalesse/Fabrizio Gallo (Pinerolo, ITA) 10-4, then won 7-6 against Maurino/Gonin and 10-4 against Veronica Zappone/Marco Pascale (Pinerolo, ITA). Schoell/Harsch won 13-2 against Radha Singh Torta/Matteo Bonnet (Pinerolo, ITA), then won 14-1 against Margarita Stoyan/Maxim Stoian (Chisinau, MD) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Pinerolo Mixed Doubles Cup Championship title, Schoell/Harsch earned 11.250 world rankings points along with the $1,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 30 of the event schedule, Schoell/Harsch did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Schoell/Harsch 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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