Murdoch Reaches 2009 Bern Open Quarters

SKIP
David
Murdoch

Third
Ewan
MacDonald

Second
Peter
Smith

Lead
Euan
Byers

David Murdoch (Scotland, UK) qualified for the 2009 Bern Open playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-6 against Mark Neeleman (Zoetemeer, NED). of the 2009 Bern Open in Bern, Switzerland;

Murdoch finished 5-1 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Murdoch defeated David Bartschiger (Burgdorf, SUI) 9-2, then won 5-4 against Switzerland's Stefan Heilmann and 6-4 against Thomas Due (Oslo, NOR). Murdoch went on to lose 5-4 against Russ Howard (Moncton, NB). Murdoch responded with a 9-6 win over Jiri Snitil (Brno, CZE). Murdoch won 7-6 against Bartschiger in their final qualifying round match.

Murdoch earned 7.710 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Bern Open. For week of the event schedule, Murdoch did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Murdoch ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

2010: Thomas Lips
Toni Mueller, Thomas Lips, Remo Schmid, Simon Struebin
, SUI
2009: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson, Thomas Loevold
Oslo, NOR
2008: Andy Kapp
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson, Thomas Loevold
, GER
2007: Russ Howard
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson, Thomas Loevold
Moncton, NB
2006: Nils Carlsen
Nils Carlsen, Niklas Edin, Marcus Hasselborg, Manne Allberg
, SWE
2005: Mark Dacey
Mark Dacey, Bruce Lohnes, Rob Harris, Andrew Gibson
Halifax, NS
2004: Björn Zryd
Björn Zryd, Simon Danzer, Niderhasuser Hansruedi, Stucki Martin
, SUI
2003: Randy Ferbey
Randy Ferbey, John Morris, Brent Laing, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB
2002: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Sherwood Park, AB
2000: Greg McAulay
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
New Westminster, BC
1995: Arnold Asham
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Stony Mountain, MB
1994: Markus Eggler
Markus Eggler, Dominic Andres, Stefan Hofer, Bjorn Schroeder
, SUI
1992: Felix Luchsinger
Markus Eggler, Dominic Andres, Stefan Hofer, Bjorn Schroeder
Dubendorf, SUI