2022 Olympic curlers Tahli Gill (QAS) and Dean Hewitt (VIS) have had a successful week competing in Europe, with a gold medal at the Stadler Mixed Doubles International in Switzerland and reaching the quarter-finals of the Tallinn Masters Mixed Doubles in Estonia.
Stadler Mixed Doubles International
Competing in the Swiss capital of Bern against five international teams, Gill and Hewitt dominated the round robin opening stage going undefeated with five wins.
Defeated Zoetermeer/Hoekman (NED) 7 to 4
Defeated Perret/Rios (SUI) 7 to 1
Defeated Abbes/Harsch (GER) 8 to 7
Defeated Schwaller/Schwaller (SUI) 8 to 3
Defeated Tiuliakova/Totzek (GER) 8 to 5
With the best record, Gill and Hewitt went straight to the gold medal match and faced Swiss pair Schwaller and Schwaller, taking victory 6 to 2.
Tallinn Masters Mixed Doubles
The pair made a strong start to the event in the round robin stage, winning Pool B with victory in four of the five games.
Pool B Results
Defeated Schoell/Sutor (GER) 9 to 8
Lost to Perret/Rios (SUI) 7 to 4
Defeated Holtermann/Holtermann (DEN) 9 to 2
Defeated Barone/Nikolov (LAT/UKR) 7 to 4
Defeated Immonen/Sipila (FIN) 9 to 4
In the quarter finals, Gill and Hewitt were match up against Engler and Wunderlin of Switzerland, the Swiss team won 8 to 5, giving the Australian’s a final ranking of fifth.
Victory went to Norwegians Skaslien and Nedregotten over local Estonian team Kaldvee and Lill 8 to 7.
Hewitt reflected on a successful week.
“It was a big week of games for us with two back-to-back events in Switzerland and Estonia.
“We kickstarted the week at the Stadler Mixed Doubles International. We had a great event, finishing undefeated in the round robin and securing the gold in the final!
“After a quick one-day turnaround we started the next event in Tallinn where we completed the round robin at 4W:1L and ranked 2nd in the field of 18 leading into playoffs. Unfortunately, we came up just short in the quarterfinal, narrowly going down in the extra end on some challenging ice conditions.
“Although we didn’t quite reach our goal in Tallinn, we’re happy to have achieved 10 wins and just 2 losses for the week.
“We now head back to the AIS European Training Centre in Italy for a week of off-ice training before our last event of the European leg the following week.”
The final event in Europe for Gill and Hewitt will be the Hvidovre Mixed Doubles Cup in Denmark on February 28 to March 2, before the pair return to Canada to finishing the international season.
Stadler Mixed Doubles International
Competing in the Swiss capital of Bern against five international teams, Gill and Hewitt dominated the round robin opening stage going undefeated with five wins.
Defeated Zoetermeer/Hoekman (NED) 7 to 4
Defeated Perret/Rios (SUI) 7 to 1
Defeated Abbes/Harsch (GER) 8 to 7
Defeated Schwaller/Schwaller (SUI) 8 to 3
Defeated Tiuliakova/Totzek (GER) 8 to 5
With the best record, Gill and Hewitt went straight to the gold medal match and faced Swiss pair Schwaller and Schwaller, taking victory 6 to 2.
Tallinn Masters Mixed Doubles
The pair made a strong start to the event in the round robin stage, winning Pool B with victory in four of the five games.
Pool B Results
Defeated Schoell/Sutor (GER) 9 to 8
Lost to Perret/Rios (SUI) 7 to 4
Defeated Holtermann/Holtermann (DEN) 9 to 2
Defeated Barone/Nikolov (LAT/UKR) 7 to 4
Defeated Immonen/Sipila (FIN) 9 to 4
In the quarter finals, Gill and Hewitt were match up against Engler and Wunderlin of Switzerland, the Swiss team won 8 to 5, giving the Australian’s a final ranking of fifth.
Victory went to Norwegians Skaslien and Nedregotten over local Estonian team Kaldvee and Lill 8 to 7.
Hewitt reflected on a successful week.
“It was a big week of games for us with two back-to-back events in Switzerland and Estonia.
“We kickstarted the week at the Stadler Mixed Doubles International. We had a great event, finishing undefeated in the round robin and securing the gold in the final!
“After a quick one-day turnaround we started the next event in Tallinn where we completed the round robin at 4W:1L and ranked 2nd in the field of 18 leading into playoffs. Unfortunately, we came up just short in the quarterfinal, narrowly going down in the extra end on some challenging ice conditions.
“Although we didn’t quite reach our goal in Tallinn, we’re happy to have achieved 10 wins and just 2 losses for the week.
“We now head back to the AIS European Training Centre in Italy for a week of off-ice training before our last event of the European leg the following week.”
The final event in Europe for Gill and Hewitt will be the Hvidovre Mixed Doubles Cup in Denmark on February 28 to March 2, before the pair return to Canada to finishing the international season.
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