Bottcher

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Darren
Moulding

Second
Bradley
Thiessen

Lead
Karrick
Martin

Games:	4
Record:	1W - 3L
PF/G:	6.33
PA/G:	8.67
Hammer Efficiency:	0.23
Steal Defense:	0.38
Force Efficiency:	0.30
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Bottcher finished 1-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher lost 9-8 to Gustav Eskilsson (Skellefteï¿½, SWE), then responded with a 4-3 win over Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, SCO). Bottcher went on to lose 7-3 against Tomi Rantamaki (Hyvinkaa, FIN) in their final qualifying round match.

Bottcher earned 0.952 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 23 of the event schedule, Bottcher did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 12th to 14th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 400.810 total points. Bottcher ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 185.389 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

2017: Steffen Walstad
Oslo, NOR
2016: David Murdoch
Stirling, SCO
2015: Brendan Bottcher
Edmonton, AB
2014: Sven Michel
Adelboden, SUI

USA's Smith, Farbelow ready to take the ice at World Senionr Curling Championships

[EDEN PRAIRIE, MN, April 23, 2026] -- THE ACE & Company World Senior Men's & Women's Curling Championships, open to curlers 50 years of age and older, gets underway today in Geneva, Switzerland, with the United States represented by two teams with extensive experience in the event.