Retchless Runner-Up at 2019 CurlON Men's Cash Spiel

Toronto, Ontario

SKIP
Rob
Retchless

Third
Alex
Champ

Second
Terry
Arnold

Lead
Scott
Clinton

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	9.27
PA/G:	6.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Defense:	0.09
Force Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Rob Retchless (Toronto, ON) lost 6-1 to Charley Thomas (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON) in the Final of the CurlON Men's Cash Spiel - Acton, held December 14 - 16, 2018 in Acton, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Retchless won 5-3 over Pat Ferris (Grimsby, ON) in the semifinals of the 2019 CurlON Men's Cash Spiel - Acton in Acton, Ontario; and won 4-3 over 's Paul Moffatt in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 CurlON Men's Cash Spiel - Acton in Acton, Ontario;

Retchless finished 5-0 in the 17-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retchless defeated Rob Ainsley (Toronto, ON) 6-5, then won 9-3 against 's Richard Krell and 9-3 against Greg Park (Oshawa, ON). Retchless won 9-4 against Thomas, then won 8-6 against Rob Lobel (Thornhill, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the CurlON Men's Cash Spiel - Acton, Retchless take home 16.816 world rankings points along with the $2,500CDN prize. Retchless move up 16 spots after posting a net gain of 11.884 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 70th overall with 62.347 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Retchless ranks 70th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 42.615 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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