Retornaz Reaches 2011 Edinburgh International Quarters

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Third
Silvio
Zanotelli

Second
Davide
Zanotelli

Lead
Mirco
Ferretti

Joel Retornaz (Cortina, ITA) qualified for the 2011 Edinburgh International playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-2 against Scotland's Sandy Reid.

Retornaz finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated John Hamilton (Edinburgh, SCO) 7-5, then went on to lose 6-5 against Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, SCO). Retornaz responded with a 7-6 win over Markku Uusipaavalniemi (Helsinki, FIN). Retornaz won 7-6 against Graeme Black (Lockerbie, SCO), then won 6-3 against Switzerland's Stefan Hasler in their final qualifying round match.

Retornaz earned 3.180 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Edinburgh International, moving up 362 spots the World Ranking Standings into 218th place overall with 3.180 total points. Retornaz ranks 138th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.180 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

2016: Karel Kubeska
Karel Kubeska, Jiri Candra, Martin Juric, Lukas Klima, David Jirounek
,
2015: Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Kyle Waddell, Cameron Smith
Perth, SCO
2014: Aku Kauste
Aku Kauste, Pauli Jaamies, Leo Makela, Janne Pitko, Kasper Hakunti
Helsinki, FIN
2013: David Edwards
David Edwards, John Penny, Scott MacLeod, Colin Campbell
Aberdeen, SCO
2012: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow, David Murdoch
Aberdeen, SCO
2011: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow
Aberdeen, SCO
2010: Graham Shaw
Graham Shaw, Brian Binnie, Richard Goldie, Robin Niven
Perth, SCO
2000: David Murdoch
David Murdoch, Neil Murdoch, Garry Mackay, Sandy Reid
Lockerbie, SCO

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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