Becker5-3 at 2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships

SKIP
Scott
Becker

Third
Simon
Neilson

Second
Anton
Hood

Lead
Warren
Dobson

Scott Becker (Naseby, NZL) finished 5-3 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Becker lost 12-1 to Yuta Matsumura (Sapporo, JPN), then responded with a 14-8 win over Viktor Kim (Almaty, KAZ). Becker won 8-4 against Nassar Alyafei (Doha, QAT), then won 4-3 against Jay Merchant (Sydney, AUS) and 10-6 against Jason Chang (Hong Kong, HKG). Becker won 8-6 against SooHyuk Kim (Seoul, KOR). Becker went on to lose 8-6 against Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN). Becker lost 7-4 to Randie Shen (Taipei, TPE) in their final qualifying round match.

Becker earned 10.688 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, moving up 247 spots the World Ranking Standings into 210th place overall with 11.436 total points. Becker ranks 149th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.688 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

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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