2015 Australian Mixed Doubles Curling Championships

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2015 Australian Mixed Doubles Curling Championships
Host city Naseby, New Zealand
ArenaNaseby Curling Club
DatesOctober 1–4, 2015
Winner Laurie Weeden & Ian Palangio
Finalist Kim Forge & Hugh Millikin
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The 2015 Australian Mixed Doubles Curling Championships was held from October 1 to 4, 2015 at the Naseby Curling Club in Naseby, New Zealand. The winners of this championship were represent Australia at the 2016 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. [1]

Contents

At the same time 2015 Junior, Mixed Doubles, and Senior Australian National Championships were held at the Naseby Curling Club. [2]

Event format

Four teams fought it out in a double round robin best of five games format with wins and losses counting from the round robin.

The stylish wonder team made up of juniors Dean Hewitt and Kristen Tsourlenes were on fire in their first couple of games scoring wins from more experienced teams demonstrating the future talent of Australia.

At the end of the double round robin, teams were ranked from 1 to 4. Ian Palangio and Laurie Weeden ranked first with a record of 5 wins and 1 loss qualifying them for the Sunday morning gold medal game. Teams Hugh Millikin/Kim Forge and Dean Hewitt/Kristen Tsourlenes tied for second and were forced into a tie breaker game late on Saturday night to determine the final ranking for second and third place.

This competition marked the first opportunity for three new rules to be implemented at a Mixed Doubles nationals for Australia. The new rules included:

  1. the Power Plan option mentioned above,
  2. a change in the placement of the rock in the house from the back of the button to now be at the back of the 4 foot ring, and
  3. no requirement for somebody to hold a broom, allowing teams to have the option for a sweeper with shots delivered.

General comments from players indicate they like the new rules as it makes the game more interesting to play, more scenarios, and greater mix of shots during the game. [1]

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

TeamMaleFemaleCoachLocale
Gagnon / GagnonIan Gagnon Sandy Gagnon
Hewitt / Tsourlenes Dean Hewitt Kristen Tsourlenes
Millikin / Forge Hugh Millikin Kim Forge
Palangio / Weeden Ian Palangio Laurie Weeden

Round Robin standings

Key
Team to Gold Medal Match
Teams to Tiebreakers
Team1234WLPlace
1Gagnon / Gagnon* :
 :

 :
 :
4
2Hewitt / Tsourlenes :
 :
* :
 :
 :
 :
2
3Millikin / Forge :
 :
 :
 :
* :
 :
2
4Palangio / Weeden :
 :
 :
 :
 :
 :
*511

Tiebreaker

Team12345678Final
Millikin / ForgeW
Hewitt / TsourlenesL

Playoffs

Bronze Medal Match

Team12345678Final
Hewitt / TsourlenesW
Gagnon / GagnonL

Gold Medal Match

Team12345678Final
Palangio / WeedenW
Millikin / ForgeL

Final Standings

PlaceTeamGamesWinsLosses
Gold medal icon.svg Ian Palangio & Laurie Weeden 761
Silver medal icon.svg Hugh Millikin & Kim Forge
Bronze medal icon.svg Dean Hewitt & Kristen Tsourlenes
4Ian Gagnon & Sandy Gagnon

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References

  1. 1 2 "Australian Curling Federation - 2015 National Mixed Doubles Championships Results". October 4, 2015. Archived from the original on July 29, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  2. "Australian Curling Federation - 2015 Junior, Mixed Doubles, and Senior Australian National Championships Entry Announcement". June 30, 2015. Archived from the original on October 15, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2019.