Lottenbach Runner-Up at 2018 Dumfries Challenger Series

SKIP
Lucien
Lottenbach

Third
Rainer
Kobler

Second
Patrick
AbÃ¤cherli

Lead
Tom
Winkelhausen

Lucien Lottenbach (Luzern, SUI) lost 5-3 to Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) in the Final of the Dumfries Challenger Series, held December 13 - 16, 2018 at the Idylwylde Golf and Country Club in Sudbury, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Lottenbach won 5-3 over Simon Gempeler (Adelboden, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2018 Dumfries Challenger Series in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; and won 8-3 over Andrin Schnider (St. Gallen, SUI) in the quarterfinals.

Lottenbach finished 2-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Lottenbach defeated Orrin Carson (Dumfries, SCO) 8-2, then went on to lose 5-4 against Ross Whyte (Dumfries, SCO). Lottenbach responded with a 8-3 win over Blair Haswell (Stranraer, SCO). Lottenbach went on to lose 6-5 against van Dorp in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Dumfries Challenger Series, Lottenbach take home 13.089 world rankings points along with the $3,385CDN prize. Lottenbach move up 23 spots after posting a net gain of 11.171 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 92nd overall with 46.353 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Lottenbach ranks 82nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 38.679 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: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle
Stirling, SCO
2018: Jaap van Dorp
Wouter Gosgens, Jaap van Dorp, Laurens Hoekman, Carlo Glasbergen
Zoetermeer, NED
2017: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Edinburgh, SCO
2016: Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Kyle Waddell, Cameron Smith
Stirling, SCO
2015: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Duncan Menzies, Bobby Lammie, Gregor Cannon
Edinburgh, SCO
2014: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Hammy McMillan Jr., Thomas Muirhead
Aberdeen, UK

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