De Cruz5-4 at 2016 Le Gruyere European Curling Championships

Fourth
Benoit
Schwarz van-Berkel

Third
Claudio
Paetz

SKIP
Peter
De Cruz

Lead
Valentin
Tanner

Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI) finished 5-4 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, De Cruz lost 3-2 to Alexander Baumann (Fuessen, GER), droppimg another game, 8-6 to Alexey Stukalskiy (Moscow, RUS) where De Cruz responded with a 8-4 win over Joel Retornaz (Turin, ITA). De Cruz won 9-2 against Kyle Smith (Perth, SCO). De Cruz went on to lose 9-5 against Aku Kauste (Helsinki, FIN). De Cruz responded with a 3-2 win over Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). De Cruz won 10-4 against David Sik (Prague, CZE). De Cruz went on to lose 6-5 against Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR). De Cruz responded with a 10-6 win over Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Le Gruyere European Curling Championships, De Cruz take home 30.406 world rankings points. De Cruz move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 28.182 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 13th overall with 266.933 total points on the World Ranking Standings. De Cruz ranks 13th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 128.253 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

Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner (Photo: Stephen Fisher/World Curling) claim Italy's first World Mixed Doubles Championship crown.

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