Howard Runner-Up at 2009 Bern Open

SKIP
Russ
Howard

Third
James
Grattan

Second
Jason
Vaughan

Lead
Peter
Case

Russ Howard (Moncton, NB) lost 7-6 to Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR) in the Final of the Bern Open, held October 16 - 18, 2009 in Bern, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Howard won 8-3 over Mark Neeleman (Zoetemeer, NED) in the semifinals of the 2009 Bern Open in Bern, Switzerland; and won 6-1 over Warwick Smith (Perth, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2009 Bern Open in Bern, Switzerland;

Howard finished 4-0 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Howard defeated Switzerland's Sven Michel 8-5, then won 6-3 against Patrick Vuille (Glarus, SUI) and 10-6 against Mark Dacey (Halifax, NS). Howard won 5-4 against David Murdoch (Scotland, UK) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Bern Open, Howard take home 12.850 world rankings points along with the $7,640CDN prize. For week of the event schedule, Howard did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Howard 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