CHAMPION: Pollanen Wins 2019 Tallinn Mens International Challenger

Fourth
Jere
Sullanmaa

Third
Jason
Moore

Second
Iikko
Santti

SKIP
Jermu
Poellaenen

Jermu Pollanen (Hyvinkaa, FIN) won 7-3 over Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT) in the Final of the Tallinn Mens International Challenger, held September 27 - 29, 2019 in Tallinn, Estonia. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Pollanen won 7-2 over Marc Muskatewitz (Fuessen, GER) to advance to the championship game. of the 2019 Tallinn Mens International Challenger in Tallinn, Estonia;

Pollanen finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pollanen lost 5-4 to Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST), then responded with a 8-2 win over Truksans. Pollanen won 7-3 against Andrin Schnider (St. Gallen, SUI), then won 8-3 against Martin Bukovsky (Prague, CZE) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Tallinn Mens International Challenger Championship title, Pollanen earned 14.012 world rankings points along with the $1,739CDN first prize cheque, moving up 86 spots the World Ranking Standings into 136th place overall with 24.117 total points. Pollanen ranks 55th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 14.012 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

2023: Yves Stocker
Yves Stocker, Kim Schwaller, Felix Eberhard, Tom Winkelhausen
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2022: Cameron Bryce
Cameron Bryce, Duncan Menzies, Luke Carson, Robin McCall
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2021: Marco Hoesli
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2019: Jermu Poellaenen
Jere Sullanmaa, Jason Moore, Iikko Santti, Jermu Poellaenen
Hyvinkaa, FIN
2018: Ilya Shalamitski
Ilya Shalamitski, Pavel Petrov, Dzimitry Rudnitski, Yevgeny Tamkovich
Minsk, BLR

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