Vez6-1 at 2018 Le Gruyere European Curling Championships

Sergio Vez (Donostia-San Sebastian, ESP) finished 6-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Vez defeated Aku Kauste (Hyvinkaa, FIN) 8-6, then won 6-4 against Kevin Golberg (Jerusalem, ISR) and 8-6 against Gabor Riesz (Budapest, HUN). Vez went on to lose 9-4 against Karlis Smilga (Riga, LAT). Vez responded with a 8-6 win over Belgium's Timothy Verreycken. Vez won 9-6 against Andrew Woolston (Kent, ENG), then won 6-5 against Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST) in their final qualifying round match.

The berth into the first round of the Le Gruyere European Curling Championships playoffs earned Vez 11.400 world rankings points, moving up 61 spots the World Ranking Standings into 155th place overall with 24.813 total points. Vez ranks 148th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 11.400 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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