Cotter

Vernon, British Columbia

SKIP
Jim
Cotter

Third
Steve
Laycock

Second
Andrew
Nerpin

Lead
Rick
Sawatsky

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	6.44
PA/G:	5.33
Hammer Efficiency:	0.16
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Cotter finished 3-2 in the 24 team Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic qualifying round, held November 22 - 25 at the Penticton Curling Club in Penticton, Canada. In their opening game, Cotter lost 6-5 to John Epping (Toronto, ON), then responded with a 4-2 win over Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB). Cotter went on to lose 6-3 against Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB). Cotter responded with a 7-4 win over John Morris (Regina, SK). Cotter won 8-2 against Sean Geall (New Westminster, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Cotter earned 10.688 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 40th place overall with 116.890 total points. Cotter ranks 47th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 59.068 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	3	3	0	0.500	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	45	29	24	6.44	5.33	1.11	4.89	4.22	1.32	1.26	0.89

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	21	18	5	2	0-0	1-0	2-0	0.86	0.24	0.16	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	24	11	19	2	0-0	0-1	3-3	0.46	0.79	0.71	0.33

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