Truksans2-4 at 2021 WCT Latvia International Challenger

Riga, Latvia

SKIP
Martins
Truksans

Third
Janis
Klive

Second
Arnis
Veidemanis

Lead
Sandris
Buholcs

Games:	6
Record:	2W - 4L
PF/G:	7.91
PA/G:	8.14
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.39
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT) finished 2-4 in the 7-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Truksans lost 9-4 to JeongJae Lee (Seoul, KOR), droppimg another game, 6-4 to Cameron Bryce (Stirling, SCO) where Truksans responded with a 10-2 win over Konstantin Rykov (Vilnius, LTU). Truksans went on to lose 6-4 against Eduard Veltsman (Tallinn, EST). Truksans lost 7-6 to Konrad Stych (Lodz, POL) where Truksans responded with a 6-5 win over Ansis Regza (Riga, LAT) in their final qualifying round match.

Truksans earned 1.179 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, dropping 2 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 143rd place overall with 17.588 total points. Truksans ranks 170th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.159 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

2022: Martins Truksans
Martins Truksans, Janis Klive, Arnis Veidemanis, Sandris Buholcs
Riga, LAT
2021: Cameron Bryce
Cameron Bryce, Callum Kinnear, Mark Taylor, Robin McCall
Stirling, SCO
2019: Daniel Magnusson
Daniel Magnusson, Robin Ahlberg, Anton Regosa, Sebastian Jones
Karlstad, SWE
2018: Wille Makela
Wille Makela, Kalle Kiiskinen, Teemu Salo, Paavo Kuosmanen
Hyvinkaa, FIN
2017: Rasmus Stjerne
Rasmus Stjerne, Johnny Frederiksen, Mikkel Poulsen, Oliver Dupont
Hvidovre, DEN

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