Turmann/Lill Runner-Up at 2019 Bele Wrana Memorial

Marie Turmann/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST) lost 8-4 to Isabell Andersson/Simon Granbom (Skutskar, SWE) in the Final of the Bele Wrana Memorial, held December 6 - 8, 2019 in Sundbyberg, Sweden. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Turmann/Lill won 8-2 over Dace Regza/Ansis Regza (Riga, LAT) to advance to the championship game. of the 2019 Bele Wrana Memorial in Sundbyberg, Sweden; of the 2019 Bele Wrana Memorial in Sundbyberg, Sweden;

Turmann/Lill finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Turmann/Lill defeated Poland's Adela Walczak/Andrzej Augustyniak 7-5, then won 7-3 against Sweden's Tilde Vermelin/Fabian Wingfors. Turmann/Lill went on to lose 8-6 against Andersson/Granbom in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Bele Wrana Memorial, Turmann/Lill take home 15.563 world rankings points along with the $420CDN prize, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 15.562 after improving upon their best so far this season. Turmann/Lill ranks 10th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 70.594 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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