Watt2-5 at New Zealand National Championships

SKIP
Dave
Watt

Third
Dan
Thurlow

Second
Ben
Hore

Lead
Jeremy
Jenkins

Dave Watt (Naseby, NZL) finished 2-5 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Watt lost 7-3 to Garion Long (Naseby, NZL), droppimg another game, 12-1 to Sean Becker (Naseby, NZL). Watt lost 9-3 to William Becker (Naseby, NZL). Watt lost 9-2 to Peter De Boer (Naseby, NZL) where Watt responded with a 8-4 win over Dean Fotti (Naseby, NZL). Watt went on to lose 9-3 against Anton Hood (Naseby, NZL). Watt responded with a 5-4 win over Peter Becker (Naseby, NZL) in their final qualifying round match.

Watt earned 0.375 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, dropping 473 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 473rd place overall with 0.375 total points. Watt ranks 22nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.375 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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