Bjoernstad2-3 at 2024 Mercure Perth Masters

Oppdal, Norway

SKIP
Torhild
Bjoernstad

Third
Nora
Oestgaard

Second
Ingeborg
Forbregd

Lead
Eilin
Kjaerland

Games:	5
Record:	2W - 3L
PF/G:	7.19
PA/G:	7.50
Hammer Efficiency:	0.18
Steal Defense:	0.56
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.43

Torhild Bjoernstad (Oppdal, NOR) finished 2-3 in the 11-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bjoernstad lost 8-0 to Jackie Lockhart (Perth, SCO), then responded with a 8-3 win over Fran Stretton (Perth, SCO). Bjoernstad went on to lose 5-3 against Clancy Grandy (Vancouver, BC). Bjoernstad lost 6-2 to Rebecca Morrison (Stirling , SCO) where Bjoernstad responded with a 10-2 win over Yaroslava Kalinichenko (Kyiv, UKR) in their final qualifying round match.

Bjoernstad earned 1.875 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 71st place overall with 39.031 total points. Bjoernstad ranks 75th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 26.625 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	16	18	0	0.471	6-4	1-2	1-1	0-1	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	261	185	187	7.09	7.16	-0.08	4.37	4.44	1.62	1.61	1.19

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	136	135	59	14	4-0	9-3	24-11	0.99	0.43	0.30	0.31

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	125	50	128	17	0-4	3-8	10-25	0.40	1.02	0.50	0.27

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