Birr6-2 at USA Men's Challenge Round

SKIP
Todd
Birr

Third
Greg
Romaniuk

Second
Doug
Pottinger

Lead
Tom
O'Connor

Todd Birr (Mankato, MN) finished 6-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birr defeated Ryan Berg (West Fargo, ND) 7-2, then went on to lose 8-7 against Sean Murray (Rochester, NY). Birr responded with a 9-2 win over Derek Surka (New Haven, CT). Birr went on to lose 7-5 against Eric Fenson (Bemidji, MN). Birr responded with a 7-3 win over Peter Stolt (St. Paul, MN). Birr won 6-3 against John Benton (Medford, WI), then won 9-4 against Paul Pustovar (Hibbing, MN) and 8-3 against Mike Farbelow (Minneapolis, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the USA Men's Challenge Round, Birr take home 2.500 world rankings points, moving up 6 spots the World Ranking Standings into 60th place overall with 35.575 total points. Birr ranks 60th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.075 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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