2014 Australian Mixed Doubles Curling Championships Explained

2014 Australian Mixed Doubles Curling Championships
Host City:Naseby, New Zealand
Arena:Maniototo’s Curling Ice rink
Dates:October 2–5, 2014
Winner:Steve Johns & Kim Forge
Finalist:Ian Palangio & Laurie Weeden
Prev:2013
Next:2015

The 2014 Australian Mixed Doubles Curling Championships were held from October 2 to 5, 2014 at the Maniototo's Curling Ice rink in Naseby, New Zealand. The winners of this championship represented Australia at the 2015 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.[1]

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Team Male Female Coach Locale
Collins / Powell ? Collins
Gagnon / Gagnon Ian Gagnon
Hewitt / Tsourlenes Kristen Tsourlenes
Johns / Forge
Millikin / Millikin
Palangio / Weeden

Round Robin standings

Key
Team to Gold-medal match
Teams to Tiebreakers
Team123456WLPlace
1Collins / Powell L L L 1 4 4
2Gagnon / Gagnon L L L 1 4 4
3Hewitt / Tsourlenes W W L W L 3 2 3
4Johns / Forge W W W W W 5 0 1
5Millikin / Millikin L L L 1 4 4
6Palangio / Weeden W W W L W 4 1 2

Tiebreaker

A tie-breaker was played to determine the 4th and 5th placed teams resulting in Team Millikin placing 4th.

Final standings

Place Team Games Wins !Losses
7 7 0
7 5 2
8 3 5
Dean Hewitt & Kristen Tsourlenes 6 3 3
5 7 2 5
6 6 1 5

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Australian Curling Federation - 2014 Mixed Doubles Australian Championships Results . December 9, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170215124743/http://www.curling.org.au/2014-mixed-doubles-australian-championships-results . February 15, 2017 .