Hood1-11 at 2023 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship

Naseby, New Zealand

SKIP
Anton
Hood

Third
Ben
Smith

Second
Brett
Sargon

Lead
Hunter
Walker

Games:	12
Record:	1W - 11L
PF/G:	4.49
PA/G:	10.10
Hammer Efficiency:	0.18
Steal Defense:	0.36
Force Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Efficiency:	0.03

Anton Hood (Naseby, NZL) finished 1-11 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hood lost 8-2 to ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR), droppimg another game, 8-1 to Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE). Hood lost 8-2 to Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN). Hood lost 9-2 to Magnus Ramsfjell (Lillehammer, NOR). Hood lost 10-5 to Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN). Hood lost 8-3 to Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) where Hood responded with a 11-8 win over Sixten Totzek (Baden Baden, GER). Hood went on to lose 7-5 against Yannick Schwaller (Geneva, SUI). Hood lost 8-5 to Ugurcan Karagoz (Erzurum, TUR). Hood lost 7-1 to Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE). Hood lost 8-3 to John Shuster (Duluth, USA). Hood lost 10-4 to Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

Hood earned 4.125 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 36 of the event schedule, Hood did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Hood ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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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