Birr4-6 at 2012 US Curling Nationals

Mankato, Minnesota

SKIP
Todd
Birr

Third
Greg
Romaniuk

Second
Doug
Pottinger

Lead
Tom
O'Connor

Games:	10
Record:	4W - 6L
PF/G:	6.87
PA/G:	7.47
Hammer Efficiency:	0.39
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.14

Todd Birr (Mankato, MN) finished 4-6 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birr lost 9-6 to John Shuster (Duluth, MN), droppimg another game, 6-4 to Mike Farbelow (Minneapolis, MN). Birr lost 6-4 to Eric Fenson (Bemidji, MN) where Birr responded with a 10-6 win over Owen Sampson (Edmore, ND). Birr went on to lose 9-4 against Pete Fenson (Bemidji, MN). Birr responded with a 8-5 win over Blake Morton (McFarland, WI). Birr won 7-5 against Craig Brown (Madison, WI), then won 10-8 against Tyler George (Duluth, MN). Birr went on to lose 8-6 against Brady Clark (Lynnwood, WA). Birr lost 12-9 to Heath McCormick (New York, NY) in their final qualifying round match.

Birr earned 3.000 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 58th place overall with 38.575 total points. Birr ranks 57th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 18.075 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

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