CHAMPION: Hoesli Wins 2024 Grand Prix Bern Inter Curling Challenge

Glarus, Switzerland

Fourth
Philipp
Hoesli

SKIP
Marco
Hoesli

Second
Simon
Gloor

Lead
Justin
Hausherr

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	10.54
PA/G:	5.36
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.61
Steal Efficiency:	0.39

Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI) won 8-4 over Jan Iseli (Solothurn , SUI) in the Final of the Grand Prix Bern Inter Curling Challenge, held October 25 - 27, 2024 in Bern, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Hoesli won 7-2 over Sixten Totzek (Fuessen, GER) in the semifinals of the 2024 Grand Prix Bern Inter Curling Challenge in Bern, Switzerland; and won 8-5 over Kyle Waddell (Stirling, SCO) in the quarterfinals.

Hoesli finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hoesli defeated Simon Spits (Zoetermeer, NED) 10-4, then won 7-3 against Stefano Gilli (Pinerolo, ITA). Hoesli went on to lose 7-6 against Totzek. Hoesli responded with a 7-3 win over Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED). Hoesli won 6-2 against James Craik (Stirling, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Grand Prix Bern Inter Curling Challenge Championship title, Hoesli earned 30.000 world rankings points along with the $8,028CDN first prize cheque. For week 13 of the event schedule, Hoesli did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Hoesli 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

2025: Wouter Gosgens
Wouter Gosgens, Laurens Hoekman, Jaap van Dorp, Tobias van den Hurk, Alexander Magan
Zoetermeer, NED
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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