CHAMPION: Liu Wins 2016 Cloverdale Cash Spiel

HARBIN, China

SKIP
Rui
Liu

Third
Xiao Ming
Xu

Second
De Xin
Ba

Lead
Jia Liang
Zang

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	9.80
PA/G:	4.29
Hammer Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Defense:	0.05
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Rui Liu (HARBIN, CHN) won 6-4 over Adam Cseke (Kelowna, BC) in the Final of the Cloverdale Cash Spiel, held September 16 - 18, 2016 in Surrey, British Columbia. To advance to the championship game, Liu won 8-3 over Stephen Schneider (Vancouver/Vernon, BC) in the semifinals of the 2016 Cloverdale Cash Spiel in Surrey, British Columbia; and won 7-5 over Will House (Vancouver, BC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Cloverdale Cash Spiel in Surrey, British Columbia;

Liu finished 4-0 in the 17-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Liu defeated Schneider 9-1, then won 6-3 against Andrew Bilesky (New Westminster , BC) and 6-3 against Sean Geall (Kelowna, BC). Liu won 6-2 against Jeff Guignard (Vancouver, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Cloverdale Cash Spiel Championship title, Liu earned 14.895 world rankings points along with the $2,500CDN first prize cheque, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 29th place overall with 129.297 total points. Liu ranks 20th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 32.035 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

2016: Rui Liu
HARBIN, CHN
2015: Dean Joanisse
New Westminster, BC
2014: Grant Dezura
Maple Ridge, BC
2013: Dean Joanisse
New Westminster, BC
2012: Brent Pierce
New Westminster, BC
2011: Alexey Tselousov
Moscow, RUS

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