CHAMPION: Cotter Wins 2018 Raymond James Kelowna Double Cash

Vernon, British Columbia

SKIP
Jim
Cotter

Third
Steve
Laycock

Second
Tyrel
Griffith

Lead
Rick
Sawatsky

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	9.79
PA/G:	4.89
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.05
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.35

Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) won 7-4 over Tyler Tardi (Langley, BC) in the Final of the Raymond James Kelowna Double Cash, held November 2 - 4, 2018 at the Kelowna Curling Club in Kelowna, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Cotter won 8-3 over Sean Geall (Kelowna, BC) in the semifinals of the 2018 Raymond James Kelowna Double Cash in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada; and won 8-1 over Wylie Eden (Kelowna, BC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Raymond James Kelowna Double Cash in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada;

Cotter finished 3-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Cotter lost 7-3 to Adam Cseke (Penticton, BC), then responded with a 8-3 win over Deane Horning (Castlegar, BC). Cotter won 5-2 against Grant Dezura (Maple Ridge , BC), then won 7-3 against Tardi in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Raymond James Kelowna Double Cash Championship title, Cotter earned 22.267 world rankings points along with the $4,000CDN first prize cheque. Cotter move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 12.631 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 34th overall with 115.978 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Cotter ranks 40th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 48.530 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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