Birr Reaches 2019 Goldline US Open of Curling

SKIP
Todd
Birr

Third
Andrew
Stopera

Second
Hunter
Clawson

Lead
Tom
O'Connor

Todd Birr (Ham Lake, MN) run at the 2019 Goldline US Open of Curling - Contender Round came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-4 loss to Jordan Chandler (Manitoulin, NONT). of the 2019 Goldline US Open of Curling - Contender Round in Blaine, Minnesota, United States;

Birr finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birr defeated Stephen Imes (Columbus, OH) 4-3, then won 6-3 against Jason Smith (Blaine , MN) and 10-5 against Darryl Sobering (Denver, CO). Birr went on to lose 9-3 against Dominik Maerki (Chaska, MN). Birr responded with a 6-3 win over Jed Brundidge (St. Paul, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Birr earned 10.460 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Goldline US Open of Curling - Contender Round, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 57th place overall with 74.039 total points. Birr ranks 39th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.148 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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