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2015 Australian Mixed Doubles Curling Championships | |
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Host city | Naseby, New Zealand |
Arena | Naseby Curling Club |
Dates | October 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]
At the same time 2015 Junior, Mixed Doubles, and Senior Australian National Championships were held at the Naseby Curling Club. [2]
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:
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]
The teams are listed as follows:
Team | Male | Female | Coach | Locale |
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Gagnon / Gagnon | Ian Gagnon | Sandy Gagnon | ||
Hewitt / Tsourlenes | Dean Hewitt | Kristen Tsourlenes | ||
Millikin / Forge | Hugh Millikin | Kim Forge | ||
Palangio / Weeden | Ian Palangio | Laurie Weeden |
Key | |
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Team to Gold Medal Match | |
Teams to Tiebreakers |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | W | L | Place | |
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1 | Gagnon / Gagnon | * | : : | : : | 4 | |||
2 | Hewitt / Tsourlenes | : : | * | : : | : : | 2 | ||
3 | Millikin / Forge | : : | : : | * | : : | 2 | ||
4 | Palangio / Weeden | : : | : : | : : | * | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Millikin / Forge | W | ||||||||
Hewitt / Tsourlenes | L |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Hewitt / Tsourlenes | W | ||||||||
Gagnon / Gagnon | L |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Palangio / Weeden | W | ||||||||
Millikin / Forge | L |
Place | Team | Games | Wins | Losses |
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Ian Palangio & Laurie Weeden | 7 | 6 | 1 | |
Hugh Millikin & Kim Forge | ||||
Dean Hewitt & Kristen Tsourlenes | ||||
4 | Ian Gagnon & Sandy Gagnon |
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