Rantamaki3-2 at 2016 Edinburgh International

SKIP
Tomi
Rantamaki

Third
Jere
Sullanmaa

Second
Iikko
Santti

Lead
Jermu
Poellaenen

Tomi Rantamaki (Hyvinkaa, FIN) finished 3-2 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rantamaki defeated Alan Macdougall (Kent, ENG) 7-5, then went on to lose 7-5 against Bruce Mouat (Stirlng, SCO). Rantamaki lost 6-0 to Andy Kapp (Hamburg, GER) where Rantamaki responded with a 7-1 win over Ally Fraser (Perth, SCO). Rantamaki won 9-6 against Borys Jasiecki (Sopot, POL) in their final qualifying round match.

Rantamaki earned 1.375 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, dropping 3 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 106th place overall with 42.169 total points. Rantamaki ranks 220th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.475 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: Karel Kubeska
Karel Kubeska, Jiri Candra, Martin Juric, Lukas Klima, David Jirounek
,
2015: Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Kyle Waddell, Cameron Smith
Perth, SCO
2014: Aku Kauste
Aku Kauste, Pauli Jaamies, Leo Makela, Janne Pitko, Kasper Hakunti
Helsinki, FIN
2013: David Edwards
David Edwards, John Penny, Scott MacLeod, Colin Campbell
Aberdeen, SCO
2012: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow, David Murdoch
Aberdeen, SCO
2011: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow
Aberdeen, SCO
2010: Graham Shaw
Graham Shaw, Brian Binnie, Richard Goldie, Robin Niven
Perth, SCO
2000: David Murdoch
David Murdoch, Neil Murdoch, Garry Mackay, Sandy Reid
Lockerbie, SCO

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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