Cotter Reaches 2021 Raymond James Kelowna Double Cash Semifinals

SKIP
Jim
Cotter

Third
Tyrel
Griffith

Second
Andrew
Nerpin

Lead
Rick
Sawatsky

Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) run at the 2021 Raymond James Kelowna Double Cash came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-4 loss to Yuta Matsumura (Kitami, JPN).

Cotter finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Cotter defeated Jeff Richard (Kelowna, BC) 6-5, then won 9-5 against Matthew McCrady (New Westminster, BC). Cotter went on to lose 7-0 against Cameron de Jong (Penticton, BC). Cotter responded with a 6-4 win over Rob Nobert (Vernon, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Cotter earned 10.883 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Raymond James Kelowna Double Cash, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 48th place overall with 68.049 total points. Cotter ranks 92nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 17.071 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

2021: Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe
Kitami, JPN
2008: Bert Gretzinger
Bert Gretzinger
Kelowna, BC
2007: Jay Peachey
Bert Gretzinger
, BC

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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