Bitz Reaches 2013 Weatherford Curling Classic Quarters

SKIP
Scott
Bitz

Third
Jeff
Sharp

Second
Aryn
Schmidt

Lead
Dean
Hicke

Scott Bitz (Regina, SK) qualified for the 2013 Weatherford Curling Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-4 against Bruce Korte (Saskatoon, SK). of the 2013 Weatherford Curling Classic in Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Bitz finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bitz lost 7-4 to Joel Jordison (Regina, SK), then responded with a 7-4 win over Rob Fowler (Brandon, MB). Bitz went on to lose 6-4 against Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN). Bitz responded with a 3-1 win over Jason Jacobson (Saskatoon, SK). Bitz won 4-3 against Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

Bitz earned 3.060 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Weatherford Curling Classic, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 52nd place overall with 32.490 total points. Bitz ranks 41st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 19.565 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	26	14	0	0.650	8-3	7-6	7-2	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	294	197	171	6.70	5.82	0.88	4.35	3.91	1.54	1.49	1.73

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	142	150	41	20	5-1	5-1	30-7	1.06	0.29	0.33	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	152	47	130	31	0-0	2-4	8-36	0.31	0.86	0.53	0.23

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