Ma Reaches 2018 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel Quarters

Changchun, China

SKIP
Xiu Yue
Ma

Third
Dongxu
Jiang

Second
Zhi
Ling

Lead
Jingyuan
Wang

Games:	4
Record:	2W - 2L
PF/G:	7.74
PA/G:	8.39
Hammer Efficiency:	0.39
Steal Defense:	0.33
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.08

Xiu Yue Ma (Changchun, CHN) qualified for the 2018 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 11-3 against Greg Balsdon (Toronto, ON). of the 2018 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel in Gananoque, Ontario, Canada;

Ma finished 2-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ma defeated Jeffrey Stewart (Montreal, QC) 6-5, then won 10-4 against Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON). Ma went on to lose 6-5 against Doug Kee (Ottawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Ma earned 8.601 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 62nd place overall with 74.098 total points. Ma ranks 59th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 44.904 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

2019: Matthew Hall
Matthew Hall, Alex Champ, Terry Arnold, Scott Clinton
Kitchener, ON
2018: Jia Liang Zang
Jia Liang Zang, De Xin Ba, Yanlong Ma, Jin Bo Wang
Harbin, CHN
2006: Greg Richardson
Greg Richardson, Daryl Smith, Paul Winford, Mike Potter
Ottawa, ON
2005: Steve Allen
Steve Allen, Gary Harris, Rick Allen, Dave Draper
, QC

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