Thurber Reaches 2012 Shamrock Shotgun Quarters

SKIP
Wade
Thurber

Third
Harvey
Kelts

Second
Rick
Hjertaas

Lead
Eldon
Raab

Wade Thurber (Red Deer, AB) qualified for the 2012 Shamrock Shotgun playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-2 against Rick McKague (Edmonton, AB). of the 2012 Shamrock Shotgun in Edmonton, Alberta;

Thurber finished 3-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Thurber lost 3-2 to McKague, then responded with a 6-1 win over Warren Cross (Edmonton, AB). Thurber won 7-1 against Shawn Donnelly (Edmonton, AB), then won 8-4 against Matt Willerton (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Thurber earned 1.050 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Shamrock Shotgun, moving up 381 spots the World Ranking Standings into 258th place overall with 1.050 total points. Thurber ranks 111th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.050 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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