Bitz6-2 at SaskTel Tankard - North Qualifier

SKIP
Scott
Bitz

Third
Warren
Jackson

Second
Aryn
Schmidt

Lead
Dean
Kleiter

Scott Bitz (Saskatoon, SK) finished 6-2 in the 19-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bitz lost 7-4 to Lloyd Fell (Unity, SK), then responded with a 8-4 win over Harold Morin (Ile a la Crosse, SK). Bitz won 9-2 against Garrett Reddekopp (Spiritwood, SK), then won 8-1 against Fell. Bitz went on to lose 8-7 against Brady Scharback (Saskatoon, SK). Bitz responded with a 8-6 win over Fell. Bitz won 8-3 against Terry Thompson (Spiritwood, SK), then won 6-5 against Tyler Travis (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

Bitz earned 6.459 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the SaskTel Tankard - North Qualifier, moving up 17 spots the World Ranking Standings into 148th place overall with 35.104 total points. Bitz ranks 232nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.641 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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