Bronze for Truksans at Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships

Riga, Latvia

SKIP
Martins
Truksans

Third
Janis
Klive

Second
Aivars
Avotins

Lead
Sandris
Buholcs

Games:	9
Record:	6W - 3L
PF/G:	8.31
PA/G:	6.99
Hammer Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.34

Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT) won 12-6 over Eddy Mercier (Megeve, FRA) in the Bronze Medal game at the Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships in Perth, Scotland, Scotland. of the Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships in Perth, Scotland, Scotland; Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT) won 12-6 over Eddy Mercier (Megeve, FRA) in the Bronze Medal game at the Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships in Perth, Scotland, Scotland. After receiving a bye through the quarterfinals, Truksans lost 6-4 to Mathias Genner (Kitzbuehel, AUT) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships in Perth, Scotland, Scotland;

Truksans finished 5-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Truksans defeated Timothy Verreycken (Zemst, BEL) 8-6, then went on to lose 11-4 against Mikkel Krause (Hvidovre, DEN). Truksans responded with a 11-3 win over Chris Ribau (Lisbon, POR). Truksans won 6-5 against Konrad Stych (Warsaw, POL). Truksans went on to lose 7-3 against Eduard Veltsman (Tallinn, EST). Truksans responded with a 13-7 win over Kristof Czermann (Budapest, HUN). Truksans won 8-7 against Mercier in their final qualifying round match.

With their third place finish at the Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships, Truksans earn 4.500 world rankings points, moving up 10 spots the World Ranking Standings into 113th place overall with 25.625 total points. Truksans ranks 121st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 11.188 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	12	13	0	0.480	1-2	0-2	0-1	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	198	157	143	7.93	7.22	0.71	4.90	4.44	1.62	1.63	0.66

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	100	106	42	5	2-0	8-2	21-6	1.06	0.42	0.33	0.32

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	98	51	101	8	3-3	0-8	7-18	0.52	1.03	0.48	0.35

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