CHAMPION: Hood Wins New Zealand National Championships

SKIP
Anton
Hood

Third
Ben
Smith

Second
Brett
Sargon

Lead
Hunter
Walker

Anton Hood (Naseby, NZL) won 8-4 over Sean Becker (Naseby, NZL) in the Final of the New Zealand National Championships, held June 14 - 18 in Naseby, New Zealand. To advance to the championship game, Hood won 7-3 over Peter De Boer (Naseby, NZL) in the semifinals of the New Zealand National Championships in Naseby, New Zealand;

Hood finished 6-1 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hood defeated Peter Becker (Naseby, NZL) 12-4, then won 12-2 against William Becker (Naseby, NZL) and 14-1 against Darcy Nevill (Naseby, NZL). Hood won 6-2 against Garion Long (Naseby, NZL). Hood went on to lose 6-3 against De Boer. Hood responded with a 8-2 win over Becker. Hood won 9-3 against Dave Watt (Naseby, NZL) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the New Zealand National Championships Championship title, Hood earned 3.750 world rankings points. Hood gained 18.938 points improving upon their best 2 events, though dropped 135 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 135thplace overall with 18.938 total points. Hood ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.750 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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