Truksans Finishes Fourth at 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships

Riga, Latvia

SKIP
Martins
Truksans

Third
Janis
Klive

Second
Arnis
Veidemanis

Lead
Sandris
Buholcs

Games:	10
Record:	6W - 4L
PF/G:	8.43
PA/G:	8.20
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT) lost 10-3 to Eddy Mercier (Megeve, FRA) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships in Ostersund, Sweden. of the 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships in Ostersund, Sweden; Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT) lost 10-3 to Eddy Mercier (Megeve, FRA) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships in Ostersund, Sweden. Truksans lost 13-1 to Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships in Ostersund, Sweden; and won 12-8 over James Pougher (Hawarden, WAL) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships in Ostersund, Sweden;

Truksans finished 5-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Truksans defeated Steve Seixeiro (Lisbon, POR) 10-8, then won 7-6 against Gosgens. Truksans went on to lose 6-4 against Mercier. Truksans responded with a 12-5 win over Kristof Czermann (Budapest, HUN). Truksans won 9-2 against Timothy Verreycken (Zemst, BEL), then won 12-7 against Mathias Genner (Kitzbuehel, AUT). Truksans went on to lose 8-5 against Stefan Sever (Ljubljana, SLO) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships, Truksans take home 12.000 world rankings points. For week 17 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

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

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