Pescia5-1 at 2019 Grand Prix Bern Inter Curling Challenge

Claudio Pescia (Limmattal, SUI) finished 5-1 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pescia lost 7-6 to Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE), then responded with a 9-4 win over Fabio Ribotta (Trentino, ITA). Pescia won 7-6 against Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI), then won 8-1 against Lucien Lottenbach (Zug, SUI) and 8-6 against Spain's Sergio Vez to advance to the B-Qualifier where they 5-4 against Klima to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

Pescia earned 12.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Grand Prix Bern Inter Curling Challenge, moving up 448 spots the World Ranking Standings into 207th place overall with 12.000 total points. Pescia ranks 132nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.000 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

2024: Marco Hoesli
Philipp Hoesli, Marco Hoesli, Simon Gloor, Justin Hausherr , Rolf Hoesli
Glarus, SUI
2023: James Craik
James Craik, Mark Watt, Angus Bryce, Blair Haswell
Forfar, SCO
2022: Joel Retornaz
Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella
Trentino, ITA
2021: Yves Stocker
Philipp Hoesli, Yves Stocker, Marco Hefti, Justin Hausherr
Glarus, SUI
2019: Joel Retornaz
Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Simone Gonin
Pinerolo, ITA
2018: Amos Mosaner
Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Andrea Pilzer, Daniele Ferrazza
Trentino, ITA

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