CHAMPION: Butler Wins Capital Curling Fall Open

Buckingham, Quebec

SKIP
Ted
Butler

Third
Richard
Faguy

Second
Jean Pierre
Croteau

Lead
Michel
Laroche

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	9.09
PA/G:	6.59
Hammer Efficiency:	0.30
Steal Defense:	0.20
Force Efficiency:	0.73
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Ted Butler (Buckingham, QC) won 6-5 over Jean-Michel Menard (Levis, QC) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Butler won 9-2 over Jason LaMontagne (Ottawa, ON) in the semifinals of the Capital Curling Fall Open in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; and won 7-5 over David Staples (Kingston, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the Capital Curling Fall Open in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;

Butler are currently 0-2 in the 20 team Capital Curling Fall Open qualifying round, held September 23 - 26 at the RCMP Curling Club in Ottawa, Canada. In their opening game, Butler lost 6-4 to LaMontagne, droppimg another game, 6-5 to Erin Morrissey (Ottawa, ON). In their next game, Butler plays.

For winning the Capital Curling Fall Open Championship title, Butler earned 0.000 world rankings points along with the $1,600CDN first prize cheque. For week of the event schedule, Butler did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Butler 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
	4	2	0	0.667	1-2	3-0	1-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	44	40	29	9.09	6.59	2.50	5.45	4.32	1.67	1.53	0.23

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	20	26	6	0	0-0	4-0	2-2	1.30	0.30	0.30	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	24	14	23	1	1-1	1-2	0-1	0.58	0.96	0.73	0.33

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