Curling duo, Tahli Gill (QAS) and Dean Hewitt (VIS), have continued their impressive start to the Northern Hemisphere season, securing gold in Bern, Switzerland over the weekend with an undefeated run through the tournament.
The victory marks their third podium finish of the season for the 2022 Olympians, following silver medals at both the Colorado Cup and Stirling International.
Competing in a triple knockout format featuring some of the best teams in the world, Gill and Hewitt delivered dominant performances en route to the final:
In the gold medal match, Gill and Hewitt faced Germany’s Schoell/Sutor and sealed the win with a 6–4 victory, completing a flawless tournament campaign.
Gill and Hewitt will remain in Switzerland to compete in in Gstaad from November 21–23. They will also take part in a number of other events in the lead-in to the final Olympic Qualification Event (OQE) for Curling will take place in Kelowna, Canada, from December 13 to 18.
Dean Hewitt commented after the victory.
‘We’ve had a great start to the year and feel we’ve just about picked up from where we left off last year. We put in more training hours to start the year than we ever had in the past and emphasised training over games earlier. This has really fine tuned our technical aspects earlier in the season.”
‘It was exciting to win this event. We came into the event with two silvers so to take out the title feels extra special and a little bit of a relief to go that extra step!’
‘We’re feeling great on the ice. It was great to be in the same event as a lot of the teams who will be either at the OQE in Kelowna or already qualified for the Olympics. We’re looking forward to playing most of the same teams again starting Tuesday 21st in Gstaad, Switzerland.’
The victory marks their third podium finish of the season for the 2022 Olympians, following silver medals at both the Colorado Cup and Stirling International.
Competing in a triple knockout format featuring some of the best teams in the world, Gill and Hewitt delivered dominant performances en route to the final:
- Draw 1: Defeated Hoffmann/Dryburgh (SUI) 10–3
- Draw 3: Defeated Kjaerland/Braenden (NOR) 12–6
- Draw 5: Defeated Matsumura/Tanida (JPN) 6–2
- Quarterfinal: Defeated Skaslien/Nedregotten (NOR) 10–4
- Semifinal: Defeated Kaldvee/Lill (EST) 7–6
In the gold medal match, Gill and Hewitt faced Germany’s Schoell/Sutor and sealed the win with a 6–4 victory, completing a flawless tournament campaign.
Gill and Hewitt will remain in Switzerland to compete in in Gstaad from November 21–23. They will also take part in a number of other events in the lead-in to the final Olympic Qualification Event (OQE) for Curling will take place in Kelowna, Canada, from December 13 to 18.
Dean Hewitt commented after the victory.
‘We’ve had a great start to the year and feel we’ve just about picked up from where we left off last year. We put in more training hours to start the year than we ever had in the past and emphasised training over games earlier. This has really fine tuned our technical aspects earlier in the season.”
‘It was exciting to win this event. We came into the event with two silvers so to take out the title feels extra special and a little bit of a relief to go that extra step!’
‘We’re feeling great on the ice. It was great to be in the same event as a lot of the teams who will be either at the OQE in Kelowna or already qualified for the Olympics. We’re looking forward to playing most of the same teams again starting Tuesday 21st in Gstaad, Switzerland.’
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