Truksans Runner-Up at 2020 Baltic Super League

Riga, Latvia

SKIP
Martins
Truksans

Third
Janis
Klive

Second
Arnis
Veidemanis

Lead
Sandris
Buholcs

Games:	5
Record:	2W - 3L
PF/G:	7.73
PA/G:	8.41
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.36
Force Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT) lost 10-4 to Rob Retchless (Tunbridge Wells, ENG) in the Final of the Baltic Super League, held January 10 - 12, 2020 at the Riga Curling Hall in Riga, Latvia. To advance to the championship game, Truksans won 10-4 over Tobias Thune (Hvidovre, DEN) in the semifinals of the 2020 Baltic Super League in Riga, Latvia;

Truksans finished 1-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Truksans lost 9-4 to Retchless, droppimg another game, 9-8 to Oleg Krasikov (Saint Petersburg, RUS) where Truksans responded with a 8-5 win over Janis Rudzitis (Riga, LAT) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Baltic Super League, Truksans take home 5.569 world rankings points. For week 25 of the event schedule, Truksans did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Truksans 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

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