Retchless Reaches Prague Classic Quarters

SKIP
Rob
Retchless

Third
Jotham
Sugden

Second
Scott
Gibson

Lead
Andrew
Woolston

Rob Retchless (Kent, ENG) qualified for the Prague Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-6 against David Jakl (Prague, CZE).

Retchless finished 5-0 in the 22-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retchless defeated Juraj Gallo (Bratislava, SVK) 11-2, then won 9-7 against Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE) and 7-3 against Jaroslav Vedral (Prague, CZE). Retchless won 8-7 against Andrin Schnider (Limmattal, SUI), then won 6-2 against Alberto Pimpini (Pinerolo, ITA) in their final qualifying round match.

Retchless earned 3.900 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Prague Classic, moving up 68 spots the World Ranking Standings into 193rd place overall with 6.301 total points. Retchless ranks 160th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.363 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

2025: Alberto Pimpini
Alberto Pimpini, Francesco Vigliani, Fabio Fernando Carlisano, Enrico Santopaolo
Pinerolo, ITA
2024: Fredrik Nyman
Fredrik Nyman, Patric Mabergs, Simon Olofsson, Johannes Patz
Solleftea, SWE
2023: Lukas Klima
Lukas Klima, Marek Cernovsky, Martin Jurik, Lukas Klipa, Radek Bohac
Prague, CZE
2022: Fredrik Nyman
Fredrik Nyman, Patric Mabergs, Simon Olofsson, Johannes Patz
Solleftea, SWE
2021: Magnus Ramsfjell
Magnus Ramsfjell, Martin Sesaker, Bendik Ramsfjell, Gaute Nepstad
Trondheim, NOR
2019: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle
Stirling , SCO
2018: Cameron Bryce
Cameron Bryce, Simon Granbom, Johannes Patz, Filip Stener
Skelleftea, SWE

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