Bottcher Reaches 2011 Manitoba Lotteries Men's Curling Classic Quarters

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Bradley
Thiessen

Second
Mick
Lizmore

Lead
Karrick
Martin

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	6.10
PA/G:	6.10
Hammer Efficiency:	0.27
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) qualified for the 2011 Manitoba Lotteries Men's Curling Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-2 against Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN). of the 2011 Manitoba Lotteries Men's Curling Classic in Brandon;

Bottcher finished 3-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB) 5-1, then went on to lose 6-2 against Rob Fowler (Brandon, MB). Bottcher responded with a 6-2 win over Kelly Marnoch (Carberry, MB). Bottcher went on to lose 5-3 against Kelly Skinner (Brandon, MB). Bottcher responded with a 7-5 win over David Bohn (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Bottcher earned 2.745 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Manitoba Lotteries Men's Curling Classic, moving up 9 spots the World Ranking Standings into 87th place overall with 15.310 total points. Bottcher ranks 44th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.545 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

2011: Rui Liu
Harbin, CHN
2010: Scott Bitz
Regina, SK
2008: Jeff Stoughton
Winnipeg, MB
2005: Jeff Stoughton
Winnipeg, MB
2004: Allan Lyburn
Brandon, MB
2003: Jeff Stoughton
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2002: Shane Park
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