CHAMPION: van Dorp Wins 2018 Dumfries Challenger Series

Zoetermeer, Netherlands

Fourth
Wouter
Gosgens

SKIP
Jaap
van Dorp

Second
Laurens
Hoekman

Lead
Carlo
Glasbergen

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	8.96
PA/G:	6.46
Hammer Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) won 5-3 over Lucien Lottenbach (Luzern, SUI) in the Final of the Dumfries Challenger Series, held December 13 - 16, 2018 at the Idylwylde Golf and Country Club in Sudbury, Canada. To advance to the championship game, van Dorp won 8-4 over Robin Brydone (Perth, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2018 Dumfries Challenger Series in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; and won 6-5 over Cameron Bryce (Skelleftea, SWE) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Dumfries Challenger Series in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada;

van Dorp finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, van Dorp lost 8-2 to Ross Whyte (Dumfries, SCO), then responded with a 10-5 win over Blair Haswell (Stranraer, SCO). van Dorp won 6-1 against Orrin Carson (Dumfries, SCO), then won 6-5 against Lottenbach in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Dumfries Challenger Series Championship title, van Dorp earned 17.849 world rankings points along with the $6,770CDN first prize cheque. van Dorp move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 8.718 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 27th overall with 150.504 total points on the World Ranking Standings. van Dorp ranks 27th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 113.980 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

2019: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle
Stirling, SCO
2018: Jaap van Dorp
Wouter Gosgens, Jaap van Dorp, Laurens Hoekman, Carlo Glasbergen
Zoetermeer, NED
2017: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Edinburgh, SCO
2016: Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Kyle Waddell, Cameron Smith
Stirling, SCO
2015: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Duncan Menzies, Bobby Lammie, Gregor Cannon
Edinburgh, SCO
2014: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Hammy McMillan Jr., Thomas Muirhead
Aberdeen, UK

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