Gulbis1-2 at 2018 Tallinn Mens International Challenger

Riga, Latvia

SKIP
Ritvars
Gulbis

Third
Raivis
Busmanis

Second
Aivars
Avotins

Lead
Anrijs Mikuss
Briezkalns

Games:	3
Record:	1W - 2L
PF/G:	6.00
PA/G:	7.50
Hammer Efficiency:	0.15
Steal Defense:	0.54
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.43

Ritvars Gulbis (Riga, LAT) are currently 1-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gulbis defeated Olaf Bolkenbaas (Zoetermeer, NED) 8-4, then went on to lose 4-3 against Daniel Poulsen (Hvidovre, DEN). Gulbis lost 7-1 to Ilya Shalamitski (Minsk, BLR). In their next game, Gulbis plays.

Gulbis earned 0.590 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 7 spots the World Ranking Standings into 291st place overall with 4.294 total points. Gulbis ranks 149th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.590 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

2024: Fredrik Nyman
Fredrik Nyman, Patric Mabergs, Simon Olofsson, Johannes Patz
Solleftea, SWE
2023: Yves Stocker
Yves Stocker, Kim Schwaller, Felix Eberhard, Tom Winkelhausen
Zug, SUI
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Cameron Bryce, Duncan Menzies, Luke Carson, Robin McCall
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Jere Sullanmaa, Jason Moore, Iikko Santti, Jermu Poellaenen
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2018: Ilya Shalamitski
Ilya Shalamitski, Pavel Petrov, Dzimitry Rudnitski, Yevgeny Tamkovich
Minsk, BLR

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