Kirkness Reaches 2013 DEKALB Superspiel Semifinals

Fourth
Dean
Dunstone

SKIP
James
Kirkness

Second
Taren
Gesell

Lead
Greg
Melnichuk

James Kirkness (Winnipeg, MB) run at the 2013 DEKALB Superspiel came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-4 loss to Jeff Hartung (Langenburg, SK). of the 2013 DEKALB Superspiel in Morris, Manitoba, Canada; Kirkness advanced through the quarterfinals with a 9-5 win over Richard Daneault (Winnipeg, MB).

Kirkness finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kirkness defeated Ryan Hyde (Portage la Prairie, MB) 6-2, then won 6-4 against Daneault and 7-6 against William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Kirkness earned 2.375 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the DEKALB Superspiel, moving up 6 spots the World Ranking Standings into 87th place overall with 16.250 total points. Kirkness ranks 142nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.375 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	5	2	0	0.714	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	46	40	30	8.70	6.52	2.17	5.00	3.48	1.74	1.88	1.52

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	18	30	1	1	0-0	4-0	6-0	1.67	0.06	0.59	0.06

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	28	10	29	6	0-1	0-1	3-8	0.36	1.04	0.33	0.25

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