Walstad4-0 at 2016 Norway Cup 1

SKIP
Steffen
Walstad

Third
Markus
Hoiberg

Second
Magnus
Nedregotten

Lead
Alexander
Lindstroem

Steffen Walstad (Oslo, NOR) finished 4-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walstad defeated Odd Arne Vage (Sormarka, NOR) 6-2, then won 5-3 against Johan Hostmaehlingen (Lillehammer, NOR) and 9-2 against Mari Forbregd (Oppdal, NOR). Walstad won 2-1 against Kristian Foss (Oppdal, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Norway Cup 1 Championship title, Walstad earned 9.098 world rankings points along with the $1,605CDN first prize cheque, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 39th place overall with 100.962 total points. Walstad ranks 53rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 11.285 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

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