Birr3-0 at US Men's Challenge Round

SKIP
Todd
Birr

Third
Doug
Pottinger

Second
John
Benton

Lead
Tom
O'Connor

Todd Birr (Blaine, MN) finished 3-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birr defeated Kraig Deeren (Madison, IL) 9-4, then won 10-4 against Tucker Smith (Rolla, ND) and 9-2 against Alex Leichter (Boston, MA) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the US Men's Challenge Round Championship title, Birr earned 13.078 world rankings points, moving up 14 spots the World Ranking Standings into 90th place overall with 50.247 total points. Birr ranks 70th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 49.567 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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