Birr Reaches Port Elgin Superspiel Semifinals

Ham Lake, Minnesota

SKIP
Todd
Birr

Third
Andrew
Stopera

Second
Hunter
Clawson

Lead
Tom
O'Connor

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	10.26
PA/G:	5.26
Hammer Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Defense:	0.06
Force Efficiency:	0.77
Steal Efficiency:	0.41

Todd Birr (Ham Lake, MN) run at the Port Elgin Superspiel came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-4 loss to Mark Kean (Woodstock, ON). of the Port Elgin Superspiel in Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada; Birr advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-4 win over John Willsey (Waterloo, ON). of the Port Elgin Superspiel in Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada;

Birr finished 3-1 in the 20 team Port Elgin Superspiel qualifying round, held November 15 - 17 at the Port Elgin Curling Club in Port Elgin, Canada. In their opening game, Birr lost 6-4 to Kean, then responded with a 8-2 win over Sandy MacEwan (Sudbury, NONT). Birr won 8-1 against Robert Wright (Toronto, ON), then won 8-1 against Sam Steep (St. Catherines, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Birr earned 14.147 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Port Elgin Superspiel. Birr move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 7.014 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 52nd overall with 92.895 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Birr ranks 43rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 57.560 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	4	2	0	0.667	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	38	39	20	10.26	5.26	5.00	6.05	3.68	1.70	1.43	0.26

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	16	26	1	1	1-0	1-0	7-0	1.63	0.06	0.60	0.06

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	22	13	19	0	0-1	0-1	4-1	0.59	0.86	0.77	0.41

2018: Cory Heggestad
Cory Heggestad, Andrew Thompson, Kelly Schuh, James Freeman
,
2017: Wayne Tuck Jr.
Wayne Tuck Jr., Chad Allen, Kurt Armstrong, Matt Pretty
Brantford, ON
2016: Dayna Deruelle
Dayna Deruelle, Kevin Flewwelling, Joe Frans, Sean Harrison
Brampton , ON
2015: Dayna Deruelle
Dayna Deruelle, Kevin Flewwelling, David Staples, Sean Harrison
Brampton, ON
2014: Peter Mellor
Peter Mellor, Brett Mellor, Peter Irwin, Carrie Mellor
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2013: Daryl Shane
Daryl Shane, Don Shane, Dan Shane, Dan Rivett
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2012: Len Rominger
Len Rominger, Bill Hall, Brad Doll, Christopher Dion
St. Catharines, ON
2011: Wayne Tuck Jr.
Wayne Tuck Jr., Craig Kochan, Scott McDonald, Paul Moffatt
Strathroy, ON
2009: Al Corbeil
Wayne Tuck Jr., Craig Kochan, Scott McDonald, Paul Moffatt
Collingwood, ON
2006: Curtis Cassidy
Curtis Cassidy, Darryl Nodwell, Ray Paget, Mike Ross
,
2005: Al Hutchinson
Al Hutchinson, Daryl Shane, Bruce Cox, Peter Irwin
,
1995: Jason Boyce
Jason Boyce
Bradford, ON
1993: John Base
Jason Boyce
Oakville, ON

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