CHAMPION: Bitz Wins 2013 Dauphin Clinic Pharmacy Classic

SKIP
Scott
Bitz

Third
Jeff
Sharp

Second
Aryn
Schmidt

Lead
Dean
Hicke

Scott Bitz (Regina, SK) won 5-2 over David Kraichy (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Dauphin Clinic Pharmacy Classic, held November 15 - 18, 2013 at the Dauphin Curling Club in Dauphin, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Bitz won 5-3 over Kelly Marnoch (Carberry, MB) in the semifinals of the 2013 Dauphin Clinic Pharmacy Classic in Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada; and won 7-1 over Pascal Hess (Zug, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2013 Dauphin Clinic Pharmacy Classic in Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada;

Bitz finished 3-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bitz lost 7-0 to Justin Richter (Beausejour, MB), droppimg another game, 6-2 to Greg Todoruk (Dauphin, MB) where Bitz responded with a 6-5 win over Randy Bryden (Regina, SK). Bitz won 6-0 against Alexander Attinger (Dubendorf, SUI), then won 5-1 against Geoff Trimble (Gladstone, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Dauphin Clinic Pharmacy Classic Championship title, Bitz earned 6.250 world rankings points along with the $10,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 10 spots the World Ranking Standings into 52nd place overall with 29.430 total points. Bitz ranks 43rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 16.505 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	26	14	0	0.650	8-3	7-6	7-2	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	294	197	171	6.70	5.82	0.88	4.35	3.91	1.54	1.49	1.73

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	142	150	41	20	5-1	5-1	30-7	1.06	0.29	0.33	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	152	47	130	31	0-0	2-4	8-36	0.31	0.86	0.53	0.23

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