Birr1-3 at 2011 Laphroaig Scotch Open

SKIP
Todd
Birr

Third
Greg
Romaniuk

Second
Doug
Pottinger

Lead
Tom
O'Connor

Todd Birr (Mankato, MN) finished 1-3 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birr lost 8-4 to New York's Brandon Corbett, droppimg another game, 8-2 to Mike Farbelow (St. Paul, MN) where Birr responded with a 9-1 win over Tyler Vietanen (Duluth, MN). Birr went on to lose 4-3 against Joseph Bonfoey (Duluth, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

. For week 16 of the event schedule, Birr did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 70th place on the World Ranking Standings with 27.925 total points. Birr ranks 92nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.425 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

Manitoba's Kate Cameron (Photo: Curling Canada) announced on Monday that the team will look different for the new Olympic quadrennial.