Birr3-2 at USA Mens Challenge Round

SKIP
Todd
Birr

Third
Doug
Pottinger

Second
Greg
Romaniuk

Lead
Tom
O'Connor

Todd Birr (Mankato, MN) finished 3-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birr defeated Matt Mielke (Medford, MA) 4-2, then won 8-7 against Jeremy Roe (Rio, WI). Birr went on to lose 7-4 against Greg Persinger (Fairbanks, AK). Birr lost 8-3 to Ryan Lemke (Medford, WI) where Birr responded with a 7-6 win over Owen Sampson (Edmore, ND) in their final qualifying round match.

. For week 21 of the event schedule, Birr did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 67th to 69th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 26.169 total points. Birr ranks 71st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.275 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

Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner (Photo: Stephen Fisher/World Curling) are semifinal bound after picking up an eighth victory in Fredericton.

EXTRA EXTRA END PODCAST: E20: Two-time U.S. Olympian Jessica...

A quick break for the Memorial Day holiday and we're back with our guest and new USA Curling Womenâs National Team & Juniors Director Jessica Schultz.... (read more)
MIKE THE CURLING GUY: Doing Jello Shots with my Kids...

I am in week 3 of isolation/quarantine/home schooling and getting a little squirrel-y. Personal hygiene has become optional. The kids have watched the entire... (read more)
WORLD CURLING REPORT: November 27th, 2019

On today's World Curling Report...we recap Day 1 of the 2019 Canada Cup. (read more)
FROM THE HACK: From the Hack Podcast - November...

On this week's podcast we focus on the Canada Cup with past champion Reid Carruthers (04:09), Adam Kingsbury - former coach of Team Homan and Team Jacobs (11:53)... (read more)
STONE + STRAW: S02:EP06 - Jason Gunnlaugson

Host John Cullen travels to Thunder Bay, Ontario, for the Tour Challenge to interview Winnipeg's own Jason Gunnlaugson. Though Gunnlaugson has yet to win a... (read more)