Bjoernstad Reaches 2023 Danish Open Quarters

SKIP
Torhild
Bjoernstad

Third
Nora
Oestgaard

Second
Ingeborg
Forbregd

Lead
Eilin
Kjaerland

Torhild Bjoernstad (Oppdal, NOR) qualified for the 2023 Danish Open playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 9-3 against Marianne Roervik (Lillehammer, NOR). of the 2023 Danish Open in Copenhagen, Denmark;

Bjoernstad finished 2-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bjoernstad lost 8-4 to Robyn Munro (Stirling, GBR), then responded with a 8-7 win over Madeleine Dupont (Hvidovre, DEN). Bjoernstad went on to lose 6-2 against Anna Kubeskova (Prague, CZE). Bjoernstad responded with a 8-1 win over Emira Abbes (Fuessen, GER) in their final qualifying round match.

Bjoernstad earned 4.500 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Danish Open, remaining in 56th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 55.766 total points. Bjoernstad ranks 58th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 24.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	16	18	0	0.471	6-4	1-2	1-1	0-1	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	261	185	187	7.09	7.16	-0.08	4.37	4.44	1.62	1.61	1.19

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	136	135	59	14	4-0	9-3	24-11	0.99	0.43	0.30	0.31

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	125	50	128	17	0-4	3-8	10-25	0.40	1.02	0.50	0.27

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

CURLING HISTORY: A Prize Letter

In the run up to Christmas Day, 1893, the Aberdeen Peoples's Journal offered a prize of one guinea for the best letter about curling! That's the invitation... (read more)
EXTRA EXTRA END PODCAST: E20: Two-time U.S. Olympian Jessica...

A quick break for the Memorial Day holiday and we're back with our guest and new USA Curling Womenâs National Team & Juniors Director Jessica Schultz.... (read more)
MIKE THE CURLING GUY: Doing Jello Shots with my Kids...

I am in week 3 of isolation/quarantine/home schooling and getting a little squirrel-y. Personal hygiene has become optional. The kids have watched the entire... (read more)
WORLD CURLING REPORT: November 27th, 2019

On today's World Curling Report...we recap Day 1 of the 2019 Canada Cup. (read more)
FROM THE HACK: From the Hack Podcast - November...

On this week's podcast we focus on the Canada Cup with past champion Reid Carruthers (04:09), Adam Kingsbury - former coach of Team Homan and Team Jacobs (11:53)... (read more)