Coombs Reaches 2018 The Dumfries Open Quarters

SKIP
Garry
Coombs

Third
Rhys
Phillips

Second
Richard
Pougher

Lead
Simon
Pougher

Garry Coombs (Hawarden, WAL) qualified for the 2018 The Dumfries Open playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 10-1 against Callum Kinnear (Perth, SCO). of the 2018 The Dumfries Open in Dumfries, Scotland;

Coombs finished 2-3 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Coombs lost 8-7 to Andrew Woolston (Kent, ENG), then responded with a 8-6 win over Grant Barr (Perth, SCO). Coombs went on to lose 7-5 against Rebecca Morrison (Stirling, SCO). Coombs responded with a 6-1 win over Andrew Reed (Kent, ENG). Coombs went on to lose 9-3 against Robin Brydone (Stirling, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

Coombs earned 1.810 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the The Dumfries Open. Coombs move up 65 spots after posting a net gain of 1.703 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 336th overall with 2.772 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Coombs ranks 157th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.810 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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