Frans Reaches 2019 CurlON Men's Cash Spiel

SKIP
Joe
Frans

Third
Craig
Van Ymeren

Second
Matt
Mapletoft

Lead
Scott
Brandon

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	8.92
PA/G:	6.49
Hammer Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Defense:	0.30
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.35

Joe Frans () qualified for the 2019 CurlON Men's Cash Spiel - Acton playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 10-6 against Rob Lobel (Thornhill, ON).

Frans finished 3-1 in the 17 team CurlON Men's Cash Spiel - Acton qualifying round, held December 14 - 16, 2018 in , . In their opening game, Frans defeated Dayna Deruelle (Harriston, ON) 7-3, then won 7-3 against Brent Palmer (Burlington, ON). Frans went on to lose 7-6 against Paul Moffatt (). Frans responded with a 7-1 win over Pat Ferris (Grimsby, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Frans earned 9.172 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the CurlON Men's Cash Spiel - Acton. Frans move up 13 spots after posting a net gain of 5.693 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 111th overall with 36.500 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Frans ranks 124th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 22.584 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2019	3	2	0	0.600	2-1	1-0	0-1	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2019	37	33	24	8.92	6.49	2.43	4.59	4.05	1.94	1.60	1.35

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2019	20	27	9	3	2-0	2-1	5-1	1.35	0.45	0.53	0.30

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2019	17	6	15	2	0-1	0-1	0-1	0.35	0.88	0.67	0.35

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