Retornaz Runner-Up at Aberdeen International Curling Championship

Trentino, Italy

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Third
Amos
Mosaner

Second
Sebastiano
Arman

Lead
Mattia
Giovanella

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	8.67
PA/G:	5.33
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) lost 6-5 to Whyte in the Final of the Aberdeen International Curling Championship, held March 16 - 19, 2023 in Aberdeen, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, Retornaz won 7-3 over Waddell in the semifinals of the Aberdeen International Curling Championship in Aberdeen, Scotland;

Retornaz finished 4-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated James Craik (Stirling, SCO) 6-3, then won 7-6 against Yves Stocker (Zug, SUI) and 7-5 against Kapp. Retornaz won 7-1 against Andrin Schnider (Schaffhausen, SUI). Retornaz went on to lose 0-0 against Michael Brunner (Bern, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Aberdeen International Curling Championship, Retornaz take home 27.500 world rankings points along with the $2,513CDN prize, remaining in 3rd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 1.25 after improving upon their best so far this season. Retornaz ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 319.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	81	31	0	0.723	19-7	19-7	5-4	0-0	1-2

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	825	733	455	8.88	5.52	3.37	4.91	3.76	1.81	1.47	1.33

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	396	533	82	56	21-0	42-3	108-10	1.35	0.21	0.50	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	429	200	373	54	2-1	13-23	36-80	0.47	0.87	0.57	0.31

2023: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle
Stirling, SCO
2022: Sixten Totzek
Sixten Totzek, Marc Muskatewitz , Joshua Sutor, Dominik Greindl
Munich, GER
2020: Yannick Schwaller
Yannick Schwaller, Michael Brunner, Romano Keller-Meier, Marcel Kaeufeler
Bern, SUI
2019: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Sven Michel, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneve, SUI
2018: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Edinburgh, SCO
2017: Grant Hardie
Grant Hardie, Blair Fraser, Dave Reid, Duncan Menzies
Dumfries, SCO
2016: David Murdoch
David Murdoch, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow
Stirling, SCO

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