Truksans Reaches 2019 Latvia International Challenger Quarters

SKIP
Martins
Truksans

Third
Janis
Klive

Second
Arnis
Veidemanis

Lead
Sandris
Buholcs

Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT) qualified for the 2019 Latvia International Challenger playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-1 against Tobias Thune (Hvidovre, DEN). of the 2019 Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia;

Truksans finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Truksans defeated Oleg Krasikov (Saint Petersburg, RUS) 5-3, then won 8-4 against Borys Jasiecki (Sopot, POL) and 6-5 against Konstantin Rykov (Vilnius, LTU). Truksans went on to lose 3-2 against Thune in their final qualifying round match.

Truksans earned 5.380 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Latvia International Challenger, moving up 33 spots the World Ranking Standings into 172nd place overall with 17.494 total points. Truksans ranks 101st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.656 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

2022: Martins Truksans
Martins Truksans, Janis Klive, Arnis Veidemanis, Sandris Buholcs
Riga, LAT
2021: Cameron Bryce
Cameron Bryce, Callum Kinnear, Mark Taylor, Robin McCall
Stirling, SCO
2019: Daniel Magnusson
Daniel Magnusson, Robin Ahlberg, Anton Regosa, Sebastian Jones
Karlstad, SWE
2018: Wille Makela
Wille Makela, Kalle Kiiskinen, Teemu Salo, Paavo Kuosmanen
Hyvinkaa, FIN
2017: Rasmus Stjerne
Rasmus Stjerne, Johnny Frederiksen, Mikkel Poulsen, Oliver Dupont
Hvidovre, DEN

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