Birr3-3 at College Clean Restoration Curling Classic

Ham Lake, Minnesota

SKIP
Todd
Birr

Third
Andrew
Stopera

Second
Hunter
Clawson

Lead
Tom
O'Connor

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	7.56
PA/G:	7.07
Hammer Efficiency:	0.25
Steal Defense:	0.32
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.37

Todd Birr (Ham Lake, MN) finished 3-3 in the 22 team College Clean Restoration Curling Classic qualifying round, held November 29 - December 2 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, Canada. In their opening game, Birr lost 8-7 to Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN), then responded with a 7-0 win over Shawn Joyce (Saskatoon, SK). Birr won 6-5 against Kirk Muyres (Saskatoon, SK), then won 7-5 against Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB). Birr went on to lose 5-2 against Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB). Birr lost 6-2 to Jason Jacobson (Saskatchewan) in their final qualifying round match.

Birr earned 5.862 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Birr move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of -0.027999999999992 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 52nd overall with 94.111 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Birr ranks 51st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 64.666 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	3	3	0	0.500	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	41	31	29	7.56	7.07	0.49	4.88	4.63	1.55	1.53	0.49

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	22	22	9	2	1-0	2-0	2-2	1.00	0.41	0.25	0.32

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	19	9	20	0	0-1	0-1	2-3	0.47	1.05	0.58	0.37

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2017: Colton Flasch
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2016: Brad Jacobs
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2013: Jeff Stoughton
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2012: John Epping
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2011: Mike McEwen
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2010: Dave Elias
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2009: Brad Heidt
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2008: Eugene Hritzuk
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2007: Randy Woytowich
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2006: Brian Humble
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2005: Glen Despins
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2004: Randy Ferbey
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2003: Scott Coghlan
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2002: Kevin Koe
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2001: Bruce Korte
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2000: Kevin Park
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1999: Glen Despins
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1998: Doug Harcourt
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1993: Mickey Pendergast
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1992: Al Hackner
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1979: Paul Gowsell
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1978: Paul Gowsell
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1977: Paul Gowsell
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1976: Bernie Sparkes
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