James Pougher (Hawarden, WAL) qualified for the 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match
12-8 against
Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT). of the 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships in Ostersund, Sweden;
Pougher finished 4-3 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pougher defeated
Eduard Veltsman (Tallinn, EST) 6-2, then won
8-7 against
Kalle Kiiskinen (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Pougher went on to lose
10-9 against
Juraj Gallo (Bratislava, SVK). Pougher responded with a
7-5 win over
Ireland's John Wilson. Pougher won
9-7 against
Andrew Woolston (Kent, ENG). Pougher went on to lose
8-7 against
Eduard Nikolov (Kyiv, UKR). Pougher lost
6-5 to
Konstantin Rykov (Vilnius, LTU) in their final qualifying round match.
Pougher earned
9.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships. For week 17 of the event schedule, Pougher did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Pougher ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
