Retornaz4-3 at 2018 Swiss Cup Basel

Trentino, Italy

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Third
Simone
Gonin

Second
Fabio
Ribotta

Lead
Lorenzo
Maurino

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	7.31
PA/G:	5.38
Hammer Efficiency:	0.32
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) finished 4-3 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated Lucien Lottenbach (Luzern, SUI) 9-2, then went on to lose 7-6 against Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR). Retornaz responded with a 6-4 win over Marc Pfister (Adelboden, SUI). Retornaz went on to lose 5-3 against Steffen Walstad (Oppdal, NOR). Retornaz responded with a 6-2 win over Sebastian Wunderer (Kitzbuehel, AUT). Retornaz won 5-1 against Magnus Ramsfjell (Oslo, NOR). Retornaz went on to lose 7-3 against Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

Retornaz earned 10.767 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 8 of the event schedule, Retornaz did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Retornaz ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

2025: Cameron Bryce
Cameron Bryce, Duncan Menzies, Scott Hyslop, Robin McCall
Kinross , SCO
2024: Lukas Klima
Lukas Klima, Marek Cernovsky, Martin Jurik, Lukas Klipa , Craig Savill
Prague, CZE
2023: Cameron Bryce
Cameron Bryce, Duncan Menzies, Luke Carson, Robin McCall
Border, SCO
2022: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle
Stirling, SCO
2021: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Sven Michel, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneve, SUI
2019: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Sven Michel, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneva, SUI
2018: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2016: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2015: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2014: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Hammy McMillan Jr., Thomas Muirhead
Aberdeen, GBR
2013: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson
Oslo, NOR
2012: Oskar Eriksson
Kristian Lindstroem, Oskar Eriksson, Markus Eriksson, Christoffer Sundgren
, SWE
2011: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Ryan Fry, Geoff Walker, Adam Casey
St. John's, NL
2010: Andy Kapp
Andy Kapp, Daniel Herberg, Andreas Lang, Markus Messenzehl, Holger Hoehne
, GER
2009: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson, Thomas Loevold
Oslo, NOR
2008: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab
St. John's, NL
2007: David Murdoch
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab
Dumfries, SCO
2006: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Chris Schille, Jamie Korab, Mike Adam
St. Johns, NL
2005: Randy Ferbey
Kerry Burtnyk, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque, David Nedohin
Edmonton, AB
2004: Andreas Schwaller
Andreas Schwaller, Christof Schwaller, Ramstein, Roland Moser
, SUI
2003: Ralph Stoeckli
Ralph Stoeckli, Claudio Pescia, Pascal Sieber, Simon Struebin
Neuenkirch, SUI

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