Walstad Reaches 2018 Curling Masters Champery Quarters

SKIP
Steffen
Walstad

Third
Markus
Hoiberg

Second
Magnus
Nedregotten

Lead
Magnus
Vaagberg

Steffen Walstad (Oppdal, NOR) qualified for the 2018 Curling Masters Champery playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-5 against Glen Muirhead (Perth, SCO). of the 2018 Curling Masters Champery in Champery, Switzerland;

Walstad finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walstad defeated Eddy Mercier (Lyon, FRA) 9-2, then won 8-3 against Switzerland's Raphael Moix and 6-5 against Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED). Walstad went on to lose 6-4 against Marc Pfister (Adelboden, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

Walstad earned 17.567 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Curling Masters Champery, remaining in 11th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -5.121 after improving upon their best so far this season. Walstad ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 132.702 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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