Birr Reaches 2017 Fort Garry Industries Bonspiel Quarters

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Todd
Birr

Third
Hunter
Clawson

Second
John
Benton

Lead
Tom
O'Connor

Todd Birr (Blaine, MN) qualified for the 2017 Fort Garry Industries Bonspiel playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 1-0 against Tanner Lott (Winnipeg Beach, MB). of the 2017 Fort Garry Industries Bonspiel in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

Birr finished 4-1 in the 22-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birr defeated Lott 8-3, then went on to lose 7-1 against Dennis Bohn (Winnipeg, MB). Birr responded with a 4-2 win over Joey Witherspoon (Winnipeg, MB). Birr won 5-1 against Andrew Wickman (Winnipeg, MB), then won 6-4 against Rob Atkins (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Birr earned 8.677 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Fort Garry Industries Bonspiel, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 49th place overall with 118.29 total points. Birr ranks 59th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 33.886 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

2004: Richard Muntain
Richard Muntain, Lionel Chartrand, Vic Bellay, Danny Mondor
Winnipeg, MB
2005: Randy Neufeld
Randy Neufeld
,
2006: Vic Peters
Vic Peters, Daley Peters, Chris Neufeld, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg,
2015: Daley Peters
Daley Peters, Corey Chambers, Kody Janzen, Stuart Shiells
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Trevor Loreth
Brad Haight, Trevor Loreth, Ryan Lowdon, Brett Cawson
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Dennis Bohn
Dennis Bohn, Neil Kitching, Kennedy Bird, Daniel Hunt
Winnipeg, MB

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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