Murdoch Reaches 2010 Bern Open Semifinals

David Murdoch (Lockerbie, SCO) run at the 2010 Bern Open came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-3 loss to Hammy McMillan (Stranraer, SCO). of the 2010 Bern Open in Bern, Switzerland; Murdoch advanced through the quarterfinals with a 6-3 win over Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR).

Murdoch finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Murdoch defeated Mario Freiberger (Urdorf, SUI) 3-1, then went on to lose 8-4 against Duncan Fernie (Perth, SCO). Murdoch responded with a 6-5 win over Germany's Andy Kapp. Murdoch won 6-1 against Thomas Dufour (Chamonix, FRA), then won 6-2 against Switzerland's Pascal Hess. Murdoch went on to lose 6-4 against Fernie. Murdoch responded with a 5-4 win over Alexey Tselousov (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.

Murdoch earned 9.920 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Bern Open. For week 7 of the event schedule, Murdoch did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Murdoch 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

2010: Thomas Lips
Toni Mueller, Thomas Lips, Remo Schmid, Simon Struebin
, SUI
2009: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson, Thomas Loevold
Oslo, NOR
2008: Andy Kapp
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson, Thomas Loevold
, GER
2007: Russ Howard
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson, Thomas Loevold
Moncton, NB
2006: Nils Carlsen
Nils Carlsen, Niklas Edin, Marcus Hasselborg, Manne Allberg
, SWE
2005: Mark Dacey
Mark Dacey, Bruce Lohnes, Rob Harris, Andrew Gibson
Halifax, NS
2004: Björn Zryd
Björn Zryd, Simon Danzer, Niderhasuser Hansruedi, Stucki Martin
, SUI
2003: Randy Ferbey
Randy Ferbey, John Morris, Brent Laing, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB
2002: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Sherwood Park, AB
2000: Greg McAulay
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
New Westminster, BC
1995: Arnold Asham
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Stony Mountain, MB
1994: Markus Eggler
Markus Eggler, Dominic Andres, Stefan Hofer, Bjorn Schroeder
, SUI
1992: Felix Luchsinger
Markus Eggler, Dominic Andres, Stefan Hofer, Bjorn Schroeder
Dubendorf, SUI

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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