Beighton Reaches 2018 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling Quarters

Madison, Wisconsin

SKIP
Sean
Beighton

Third
Alex
Leichter

Second
Derrick
McLean

Lead
Chris
Bond

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	7.37
PA/G:	6.84
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Sean Beighton (Madison, WI) qualified for the 2018 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-4 against Scott Dunnam (). of the 2018 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling in Blaine, Minnesota, United States;

Beighton finished 3-1 in the 11 team ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling qualifying round, held December 28 - 31, 2018 at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, United States. In their opening game, Beighton lost 7-5 to SooHyuk Kim (Seoul, KOR), then responded with a 8-5 win over Brandon Corbett (Rochester, NY). Beighton won 6-3 against Todd Birr (Blaine, MN), then won 4-3 against Jason Smith (Blaine, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Beighton earned 7.600 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling. Beighton move up 30 spots after posting a net gain of 4.327 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 144th overall with 23.976 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Beighton ranks 168th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 14.159 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	4	2	0	0.667	0-1	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
	38	28	26	7.37	6.84	0.53	5.00	3.95	1.47	1.73	1.05

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	21	22	7	3	0-0	2-1	4-1	1.05	0.33	0.33	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	17	6	19	1	0-1	0-1	1-2	0.35	1.12	0.64	0.29

2018: SooHyuk Kim
SooHyuk Kim, ByeongJin Jeong, JeongJae Lee, DonghYeong Lee, Hyeonjun Hwang
Seoul, KOR
2016: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2016: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2015: Steve Laycock
Steve Laycock, Kirk Muyres, Colton Flasch, Gerry Adam
Saskatoon, SK
2014: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Jia Liang Zang, Xiao Ming Xu, De Xin Ba
Harbin, CHN

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