CHAMPION: Birr Wins 2012 Seattle Cash Spiel

Mankato, Minnesota

SKIP
Todd
Birr

Third
Greg
Romaniuk

Second
Tom
O'Connor

Lead
Kevin
Birr

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	10.00
PA/G:	6.28
Hammer Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Efficiency:	0.48

Todd Birr (Mankato, MN) won 7-4 over Brady Clark (Seattle, WA) in the Final of the Seattle Cash Spiel, held November 23 - 25, 2012 in Seattle, Washington. To advance to the championship game, Birr won 8-2 over Mike Wood (Victoria, BC) in the semifinals of the 2012 Seattle Cash Spiel in Seattle, Washington; and won 5-2 over Jason Montgomery (Duncan, BC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2012 Seattle Cash Spiel in Seattle, Washington;

Birr finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birr defeated Mike Calcagno (Seattle, WA) 9-5, then won 6-5 against Mark Johnson (Seattle, WA). Birr went on to lose 9-2 against British Columbia's Jody Epp. Birr responded with a 6-0 win over Wes Craig (Victora, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Seattle Cash Spiel Championship title, Birr earned 2.500 world rankings points along with the $2,979CDN first prize cheque, moving up 6 spots the World Ranking Standings into 77th place overall with 20.244 total points. Birr ranks 93rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.350 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

2013: Brady Clark
Brady Clark, Sean Beighton, Darren Lehto, Philip Tilker, Darren Lehto
Lynnwood, WA
2012: Todd Birr
Todd Birr, Greg Romaniuk, Tom O'Connor, Kevin Birr
Mankato, MN
2011: Jay Wakefield
Michael Johnson, Chris Baier, Jay Wakefield, John Cullen
New Westminster, BC
2010: Brad Hannah
Brad Hannah, Gary Greening, Don McKenzie, Lance Dealy
Edmonton, AB
2008: Mark Johnson
Brad Hannah, Gary Greening, Don McKenzie, Lance Dealy
Seattle, USA
2007: Dan Petryk
Brad Hannah, Gary Greening, Don McKenzie, Lance Dealy
Calgary, AB
2006: Jason Larway
Jason Larway, Colin Huffman, Joel Larway, Steven Demlow
Seattle, WA
2004: Greg McAulay
Greg McAulay, Ken Maskiewich, Bill Fisher, Randie Shen
New Westminster, BC
2004: Wes Johnson
Wes Johnson, Leon Romaniuk, Colin Hufman, Tom Violette
,
2003: Ryan Yalowicki
Ryan Yalowicki
, USA
1999: Chad Dezura
Chad Dezura, Dean Lunn
, BC
1998: Ian Cordner
Ian Cordner, Garth Wallace, Bard Nordlund, Al Slater
, BC
1995: Bob McIntosh
Bob McIntosh, Jim Newlands, Ian Cook, Keith Hall
Vancouver, BC

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