CHAMPION: Ulsrud Wins 2014 Norway Curling Championship

Oslo, Norway

SKIP
Thomas
Ulsrud

Third
Torger
Nergaard

Second
Christoffer
Svae

Lead
Haavard Vad
Petersson

Games:	8
Record:	8W - 0L
PF/G:	10.48
PA/G:	5.71
Hammer Efficiency:	0.61
Steal Defense:	0.16
Force Efficiency:	0.62
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR) won 9-4 over Eirik Mjoen (Oslo, NOR) in the Final of the Norway Curling Championship, held March 21 - 23, 2014 in Trondheim, Norway.

Ulsrud finished 5-0 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ulsrud defeated Oystein Sorum (Oslo, NOR) 7-5, then won 9-8 against Stein Erik Johansen (Lillehammer, NOR) and 10-3 against Tom Sorlundsengen (Hamar, NOR). Ulsrud won 8-4 against Stig Hoiberg (Oppdal, NOR), then won 7-3 against Odd Arne Vage (Sormarka, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Norway Curling Championship Championship title, Ulsrud earned 4.080 world rankings points, remaining in 10th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 1.08 after improving upon their best so far this season. Ulsrud ranks 10th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 137.650 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	65	25	0	0.722	43-12	22-11	13-8	5-0	1-6

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	743	577	408	7.77	5.49	2.27	4.63	3.88	1.68	1.42	1.49

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	367	452	69	54	9-2	32-1	96-10	1.23	0.19	0.44	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	376	125	339	57	2-4	8-9	20-71	0.33	0.90	0.65	0.22

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