Laycock2-5 at 2020 Tim Hortons Brier

Fourth
Jim
Cotter

SKIP
Steve
Laycock

Second
Andrew
Nerpin

Lead
Rick
Sawatsky

Steve Laycock (Vernon, BC) finished 2-5 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Laycock defeated Jamie Koe (Yellowknife, NT) 6-4, then went on to lose 11-3 against John Epping (Toronto, ON). Laycock lost 9-8 to Matt Dunstone (Regina, SK). Laycock lost 10-5 to Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB). Laycock lost 6-3 to James Grattan (Oromocto, NB) where Laycock responded with a 6-3 win over Thomas Scoffin (Whitehorse, YK). Laycock went on to lose 9-3 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, CAN) in their final qualifying round match.

Laycock earned 8.593 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Laycock move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 5.404 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 43rd overall with 101.957 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Laycock ranks 43rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 101.957 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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