 Katie Cottrill/Shawn Cottrill (Listowel, Ontario) wins the Southern States Mixed Doubles, defeating Courtney Shaw/Melvin Shaw (Potomac, MD) 7-5 at the Charlotte Curling Association in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Cottrill/Cottrill take home the $1,387CDN first place cheque, while Shaw/Shaw receives $883CDN for their second place finish in the first year of the Southern States Mixed Doubles as an ISS World Mixed Doubles Tour event. Starting with hammer, Cottrill/Cottrill scored 2 in the first end, then added a steal in the second end. Shaw/Shaw scored 3 in the third end, then added a steal in the fourth end to take the lead. Cottrill/Cottrill scored 2 in the fifth end to lead to 5-4, then added a steal in the sixth end. Shaw/Shaw scored a single in the seventh end to cut the deficit but Cottrill/Cottrill scored a single in the eighth end for the 7-5 win. In the semifinals, Cottrill/Cottrill defeated Sam Munich/Tom Munich (Hartland, WI) 13-4 and Shaw/Shaw won 8-5over Lisa Menard/Ray Baker (Dauphin, MB). Munich/Munich and Menard/Baker earned $504CDN for their semifinal finishes. In the quarterfinals, Cottrill/Cottrill defeated Carol McKee/David Coates (Charlotte, NC) 8-2, Shaw/Shaw won 6-5 in an extra end over Dawn Hozjan/Jeremy Hozjan (Charlotte, NC), Munich knocked off Stacey MacNeil/Brady Gould (Charlotte, NC) 8-6 and Menard/Baker defeated Kathy Jackson/Murray Jackson (Durham, NC) 7-3. Hozjan/Hozjan, Jackson/Jackson, McKee/Coates and MacNeil/Gould earned $252CDN for their quarterfinal finishes. Cottrill/Cottrill went 3-0 in the 24 team round-robin pools qualifying round. In their opening game, Cottrill/Cottrill defeated Lacie Byers/Matthew Kenlan (Charlotte, NC) 8-2, won against McKee/Coates 13-4 and Alison Roark/Ryan Smith (Greenville, SC) 8-4 in their final qualifying round match. ----------------------- ISS Ice, Sports & Solar is title sponsor of the ISS WORLD MIXED DOUBLES TOUR. They are supplying excellence in building 1st class Ice Facilities around the world since 1981. The German based company has also supplied the Curling Ice for the 2016 Men's World in Basel and the 2014 Mixed Doubles and Seniors in Dumfries. In 2017 they built the test Curling Sheets in the Water Cube Beijing for the 2022 Olympics. Find out more on https://iss4u.de/?lang=en. |
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A five at the opening end of their first-ever match together in a major international competition sent Katie McMillan and Angus Bryce on their way to a dominant victory over the USA at the ACE & Company World Mixed Doubles Championships in Geneva.
