Farbelow Reaches 2011 Laphroaig Scotch Open Quarters

SKIP
Mike
Farbelow

Third
Kevin
Deeren

Second
Kraig
Deeren

Lead
Tim
Solin

Mike Farbelow (St. Paul, MN) qualified for the 2011 Laphroaig Scotch Open playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-5 against David Brown (Madison, WI).

Farbelow finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Farbelow lost 5-3 to Derek Surka (New Haven, CT), then responded with a 8-2 win over Todd Birr (Mankato, MN). Farbelow went on to lose 7-5 against Wisconsin's John Benton. Farbelow responded with a 6-0 win over Adam Kitchens (Devils Lake, ND). Farbelow won 6-1 against Josh Bahr (bemidji, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Farbelow earned 1.125 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Laphroaig Scotch Open, moving up 9 spots the World Ranking Standings into 140th place overall with 8.505 total points. Farbelow ranks 140th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.675 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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