Rajala1-2 at 2014 Capital Curling Fall Open

Ottawa, Ontario

SKIP
Howard
Rajala

Third
Rich
Moffatt

Second
Chris
Fulton

Lead
Paul
Madden

Games:	3
Record:	1W - 2L
PF/G:	6.40
PA/G:	7.20
Hammer Efficiency:	0.31
Steal Defense:	0.43
Force Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

Howard Rajala (Ottawa, ON) finished 1-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rajala lost 6-5 to Brian Lewis (Ottawa, ON), droppimg another game, 6-4 to Ghyslain Richard (Quebec, QC) where Rajala responded with a 7-6 win over Colin Dow (Ottawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

. For week 5 of the event schedule, Rajala did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 70th to 72nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 12.694 total points. Rajala ranks 459th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 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

2022: Jason Camm
Jason Camm, Ian Dickie, Zack Shurtleff, Punit Sthankiya
Navan, ON
2019: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Riku Yanagisawa, Satoshi Koizumi, Fukuhiro Ohno, Taisei Kanai
Nagano, JPN
2017: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau, QC
2016: Michael Fournier
Michael Fournier, Felix Asselin, William Dion, Miguel Bernard
Montreal, QC
2015: Colin Dow
Colin Dow, Ritchie Gillan, Brett Lyon-Hatcher, John Steski
Carp, ON
2014: Brian Lewis
Brian Lewis, Chris Lewis, David Staples, Kyle Thompson
Ottawa, ON
2013: Ian MacAulay
Ian MacAulay, Steve Allen, Rick Allen, Barry Conrad
Ottawa, ON
2012: Ian MacAulay
Ian MacAulay, Steve Allen, Rick Allen, Barry Conrad
Ottawa, ON
2011: Chris Gardner
Chris Gardner, Don Bowser, Brad Kidd, Simon Barrick
Ottawa, ON
2010: Martin Ferland
Martin Ferland, Francois Roberge, Shawn Fowler, Maxime Elmaleh
Trois-Rivieres, QC
2008: Howard Rajala
Martin Ferland, Francois Roberge, Shawn Fowler, Maxime Elmaleh
Ottawa, ON
2007: Howard Rajala
Howard Rajala, Chris Fulton, Jeff Henderson, Craig Cordiner
Ottawa, ON
2006: Bryan Cochrane
Bryan Cochrane, Chris Fulton, Jeff Henderson, John Steski
Ottawa, ON
2005: Pierre Charette
Pierre Charette, Martin Ferland, Philippe Lemay, Marco Berthelot
, QC
2004: Anne Merklinger
Anne Merklinger, Theresa Breen, Susan Froud, Audrey Frey
Ottawa, ON
2003: Bryan Cochrane
Bryan Cochrane, Bill Gamble, Ian MacAulay, John Steski
, ON

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