Laycock6-5 at 2018 Tim Hortons Brier

Fourth
Matt
Dunstone

SKIP
Steve
Laycock

Second
Kirk
Muyres

Lead
Dallan
Muyres

Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) finished 6-5 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Laycock lost 5-2 to Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC), droppimg another game, 7-5 to Reid Carruthers (West St. Paul, MB) where Laycock responded with a 9-4 win over James Grattan (Oromocto, NB). Laycock won 7-6 against Eddie MacKenzie (Charlottetown, PEI), then won 8-4 against Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT) and 10-3 against Dave St. Louis (Iqaluit, NU). Laycock went on to lose 8-4 against John Epping (Toronto, ON). Laycock responded with a 8-6 win over Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB). Laycock went on to lose 5-4 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN). Laycock lost 6-4 to Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) where Laycock responded with a 7-5 win over Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

Laycock earned 15.647 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Laycock move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 11.44 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 11th overall with 431.897 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Laycock ranks 23rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 151.647 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

The Swiss Olympic rink (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) are off and running as they aim to top the podium in Cortina.

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