Frans Runner-Up at 2013 The Dominion Tankard

SKIP
Joe
Frans

Third
Ryan
Werenich

Second
Jeff
Gorda

Lead
Shawn
Kaufman

Joe Frans (Bradford, ON) lost 7-5 to Glenn Howard (Coldwater, ON) in the Final of the The Dominion Tankard, held February 4 - 10, 2013 in Barrie, Ontario.

Frans finished 8-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Frans defeated Dayna Deruelle (Brampton, ON) 7-2, then went on to lose 7-5 against John Epping (Toronto, ON). Frans lost 8-2 to Jake Higgs (Harriston, ON) where Frans responded with a 9-4 win over Darryl Prebble (Toronto, ON). Frans won 8-3 against Howard, then won 6-2 against Bryan Cochrane (Ottawa, ON) and 9-6 against Wayne Tuck Jr. (Brantford, ON). Frans won 9-8 against Rob Rumfeldt (Guelph, ON), then won 6-4 against Pat Ferris (Grimsby, ON) and 8-3 against Howard Rajala (Ottawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the The Dominion Tankard, Frans take home 10.600 world rankings points. For week 26 of the event schedule, Frans did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Frans 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

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