de Cruz Reaches 2011 Challenge Casino de Charlevoix Quarters

Switzerland

Fourth
Benoit
Schwarz

SKIP
Peter
De Cruz

Second
Gilles
Vuille

Lead
Valentin
Tanner

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	6.74
PA/G:	7.17
Hammer Efficiency:	0.30
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.17

Peter de Cruz (Switzerland) qualified for the 2011 Challenge Casino de Charlevoix playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-1 against Brett Gallant (Charlottetown, PEI). of the 2011 Challenge Casino de Charlevoix in Clermont, Quebec;

de Cruz finished 4-1 in the 18 team Challenge Casino de Charlevoix qualifying round, held November 24 - 27, 2011 in , . In their opening game, de Cruz lost 9-5 to Robert Desjardins (Chicoutimi, PQ), then responded with a 6-3 win over Don Westphal (Thurso, PQ). de Cruz won 7-4 against Brent MacDougall (Halifax, NS), then won 6-5 against Gallant and 6-5 against Pierre Charette (Saguenay, PQ) in their final qualifying round match.

de Cruz earned 8.075 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Challenge Casino de Charlevoix, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 31st place overall with 65.393 total points. de Cruz ranks 16th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 52.045 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2012	4	2	0	0.667	2-1	2-0	2-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2012	46	31	33	6.74	7.17	-0.43	4.35	4.35	1.55	1.65	1.30

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2012	22	26	8	2	0-1	4-0	2-1	1.18	0.36	0.30	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2012	24	5	25	4	0-1	0-0	1-6	0.21	1.04	0.56	0.17

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