Pierce Runner-Up at 2014 Weatherford Curling Classic

Kelowna , British Columbia

SKIP
Brent
Pierce

Third
Jeff
Richard

Second
Tyler
Orme

Lead
David
Harper

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	9.43
PA/G:	5.66
Hammer Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Brent Pierce (Kelowna , BC) lost 6-3 to Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final of the Weatherford Curling Classic, held November 28 - December 1, 2014 at the Estevan Curling Club in Estevan, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Pierce won 7-1 over Kevin Marsh (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2014 Weatherford Curling Classic in Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won 6-1 over Ryan Hyde (Portage la Prairie, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2014 Weatherford Curling Classic in Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Pierce finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pierce defeated Dean Clark (Regina, SK) 9-4, then went on to lose 8-4 against Marsh. Pierce responded with a 5-3 win over Laycock. Pierce won 8-2 against Hyde, then won 8-5 against Jamie Schneider (White City, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Weatherford Curling Classic, Pierce take home 6.300 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN prize, moving up 11 spots the World Ranking Standings into 42nd place overall with 37.022 total points. Pierce ranks 32nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 22.615 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

2016: Randy Bryden
Saskatoon, SK
2015: Josh Heidt
Kerrobert, SK
2014: Steve Laycock
Saskatoon, SK
2013: Rui Liu
Harbin, CHN

Bottcher Out!

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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