Truksans1-4 at Tallinn Mens International Challenger

Riga, Latvia

SKIP
Martins
Truksans

Third
Janis
Klive

Second
Arnis
Veidemanis

Lead
Sandris
Buholcs

Games:	5
Record:	1W - 4L
PF/G:	7.58
PA/G:	11.21
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.33
Force Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT) finished 1-4 in the 18 team Tallinn Mens International Challenger qualifying round, held September 23 - 26 in , . In their opening game, Truksans lost 8-4 to James Craik (Stirling, SCO), droppimg another game, 10-5 to Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI). Truksans lost 6-2 to Benny Kapp (Fuessen, GER) where Truksans responded with a 9-4 win over Eduard Veltsman (Tallinn, EST). Truksans went on to lose 9-5 against Daniel Magnusson (Karlstad, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.

Truksans earned 0.980 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 9 of the event schedule, Truksans did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Truksans ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
0	1	4	0	0.200	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
0	33	25	37	7.58	11.21	-3.64	4.85	5.15	1.56	2.18	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
0	18	20	10	0	0-0	2-1	4-2	1.11	0.56	0.33	0.33

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
0	15	5	27	0	0-2	0-4	1-1	0.33	1.80	0.36	0.27

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