Retornaz Reaches 2018 Curling Masters Champery Quarters

Fourth
Amos
Mosaner

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Second
Sebastiano
Arman

Lead
Alberto
Pimpini

Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) qualified for the 2018 Curling Masters Champery playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-2 against Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI).

Retornaz finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated Tomi Rantamaki (Hyvinkaa, FIN) 9-4, then won 8-2 against Switzerland's Bochatay and 6-2 against Jan Hess (Zug, SUI). Retornaz went on to lose 6-3 against De Cruz in their final qualifying round match.

Retornaz earned 17.567 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Curling Masters Champery. Retornaz move up 31 spots after posting a net gain of 15.203 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 80th overall with 47.245 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Retornaz ranks 51st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 28.334 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

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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