Birtwistle Reaches 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open Quarters

Ottawa, Ontario

SKIP
Jamie
Birtwistle

Third
Chris
Rediger

Second
Stuart
Jobb

Lead
Alex
Porter

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	7.89
PA/G:	7.11
Hammer Efficiency:	0.31
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.37

Jamie Birtwistle (Ottawa, ON) qualified for the 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-4 against Frederic Lawton (Montreal, QC). of the 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open in Gatineau, Quebec;

Birtwistle finished 3-1 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birtwistle defeated Guy Charette (Buckingham, QC) 7-6, then won 6-5 against Sarah Daniels (Ottawa, QC). Birtwistle went on to lose 7-6 against Ted Butler (Buckingham, QC). Birtwistle responded with a 7-2 win over Greg Sleno (Montreal, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

Birtwistle earned 4.990 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open. Birtwistle move up 31 spots after posting a net gain of 3.827 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 180th overall with 14.299 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Birtwistle ranks 165th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.990 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

2016: Adam Freilich
Adam Freilich, Ariel Krasik-Geiger, Gabriel Kempenich, Jeff Lutz
Jerusalem, ISR
2017: Sylvain Dicaire
Ghislain Doyon, Sylvain Dicaire, Claude St-Germain, Kurtis Hanna
Val d'Or, QC
2018: Colin Dow
Colin Dow, Jordie Lyon-Hatcher, Brett Lyon-Hatcher, John Steski, R.J. Johnson
Ottawa, ON

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