Birr Reaches 2018 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling Quarters

Blaine, Minnesota

SKIP
Todd
Birr

Third
Greg
Johnson

Second
Hunter
Clawson

Lead
Tom
O'Connor

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	7.27
PA/G:	7.95
Hammer Efficiency:	0.27
Steal Defense:	0.41
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Todd Birr (Blaine, MN) qualified for the 2018 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-1 against Rich Ruohonen (Chaska, USA). of the 2018 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling in Blaine, Minnesota, United States;

Birr finished 2-2 in the 11-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birr defeated Jason Smith (Blaine, MN) 8-6, then went on to lose 5-4 against SooHyuk Kim (Seoul, KOR). Birr lost 6-3 to Sean Beighton (Madison, WI) where Birr responded with a 8-4 win over Brandon Corbett (Rochester, NY) in their final qualifying round match.

Birr earned 7.600 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling. Birr move up 10 spots after posting a net gain of 1.607 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 102nd overall with 38.255 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Birr ranks 142nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 20.277 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

2023: Daniel Casper
Daniel Casper, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson, Chase Sinnett , Jordan Moulton
Chaska, MN
2022: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell
Duluth, MN
2021: Luc Violette
Luc Violette, Chase Sinnett, Ben Richardson, Jon Harstad
Chaska, MN
2019: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Philip Tilker, Kroy Nernberger
Minneapolis, USA
2018: Soo-Hyuk Kim
Soo-Hyuk Kim, ByeongJin Jeong, JeongJae Lee, DonghYeong Lee, Hyeonjun Hwang
Seoul, KOR
2016: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2016: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2015: Steve Laycock
Steve Laycock, Kirk Muyres, Colton Flasch, Gerry Adam
Saskatoon, SK
2014: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Jia Liang Zang, Xiao Ming Xu, De Xin Ba
Harbin, CHN

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