de Cruz Runner-Up at 2012 Curling Masters Champery

Fourth
Benoit
Schwarz van-Berkel

SKIP
Peter
De Cruz

Second
Dominik
Maerki

Lead
Valentin
Tanner

Peter de Cruz (Geneve, SUI) lost 5-4 to Sweden's Marcus Hasselborg in the Final of the Curling Masters Champery, held October 26 - 28, 2012 in Champery, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, de Cruz won 3-2 over Rasmus Stjerne (Hvidovre, DEN) in the semifinals of the 2012 Curling Masters Champery in Champery, Switzerland; and won 5-4 over Mario Freiberger (Zug, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2012 Curling Masters Champery in Champery, Switzerland;

de Cruz finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, de Cruz defeated Gyeorgy Nagy (Budapest, HUN) 7-0, then went on to lose 7-6 against Glen Muirhead (Perth, SCO). de Cruz responded with a 10-7 win over Steffen R. Mellemseter (Oslo, NOR). de Cruz won 5-4 against David Sik (Praha, CZE), then won 7-2 against Thomas Dufour (Chamonix, FRA) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Curling Masters Champery, de Cruz take home 9.450 world rankings points along with the $9,612CDN prize, dropping 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 22nd place overall with 71.592 total points. de Cruz ranks 25th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 25.200 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: Steffen Walstad
Steffen Walstad, Torger Nergaard, Markus Hoiberg, Magnus Vaagberg
Oslo, NOR
2020: Yannick Schwaller
Yannick Schwaller, Michael Brunner, Romano Keller-Meier, Marcel Kaeufeler
Bern, SUI
2019: Jaap van Dorp
Wouter Gosgens, Jaap van Dorp, Laurens Hoekman, Carlo Glasbergen
Zoetermeer, NED
2018: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Sven Michel, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneve, SUI
2017: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2016: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2015: James Grattan
James Grattan, Tommy Sullivan, Stephen Burgess, Jamie Korab
Oromocto , NB
2014: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Hammy McMillan Jr., Thomas Muirhead
Aberdeen, GBR
2013: James Grattan
James Grattan, Jason Roach, Darren Roach, Josh Barry
Oromocto, NB
2012: Marcus Hasselborg
Marcus Hasselborg, Peder Folke, Andreas Prytz, Anton Sandstrom
, SWE
2011: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Peter De Cruz, Gilles Vuille, Valentin Tanner
, SUI

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