Birtwistle Reaches 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open Quarters

SKIP
Jamie
Birtwistle

Third
Chris
Rediger

Second
Stuart
Jobb

Lead
Alex
Porter

Jamie Birtwistle (Ottawa, ON) qualified for the 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-4 against Frederic Lawton (Montreal, QC). of the 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open in Gatineau, Quebec;

Birtwistle finished 3-1 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birtwistle defeated Guy Charette (Buckingham, QC) 7-6, then won 6-5 against Sarah Daniels (Ottawa, QC). Birtwistle went on to lose 7-6 against Ted Butler (Buckingham, QC). Birtwistle responded with a 7-2 win over Greg Sleno (Montreal, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

Birtwistle earned 4.990 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open. Birtwistle move up 31 spots after posting a net gain of 3.827 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 180th overall with 14.299 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Birtwistle ranks 165th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.990 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: Adam Freilich
Adam Freilich, Ariel Krasik-Geiger, Gabriel Kempenich, Jeff Lutz
Jerusalem, ISR
2017: Sylvain Dicaire
Ghislain Doyon, Sylvain Dicaire, Claude St-Germain, Kurtis Hanna
Val d'Or, QC
2018: Colin Dow
Colin Dow, Jordie Lyon-Hatcher, Brett Lyon-Hatcher, John Steski, R.J. Johnson
Ottawa, ON

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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