de Cruz Runner-Up at 2011 Swiss Cup Basel

Switzerland

Fourth
Benoit
Schwarz

SKIP
Peter
De Cruz

Second
Gilles
Vuille

Lead
Valentin
Tanner

Games:	9
Record:	6W - 3L
PF/G:	7.86
PA/G:	5.86
Hammer Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.70
Steal Efficiency:	0.17

Peter de Cruz (Switzerland) lost 4-3 to Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the Final To advance to the championship game, de Cruz won 7-4 over Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2011 Swiss Cup Basel in Basel, Switzerland; and won 6-5 over Logan Gray (Stirling, SCO) in the quarterfinals.

de Cruz finished 4-2 in the 32 team Swiss Cup Basel qualifying round, held September 30 - October 2, 2011 in , . In their opening game, de Cruz defeated Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR) 6-3, then went on to lose 6-5 against Marcus Hasselborg (Harnosand, SWE). de Cruz lost 9-7 to Jiri Snitil (Prague, CZE) where de Cruz responded with a 8-4 win over Thomas Lovold (Norway). de Cruz won 7-1 against Daniel Herberg (Fussen, GER), then won 6-5 against Oskar Eriksson (Lit , SWE) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Swiss Cup Basel, de Cruz take home 18.990 world rankings points along with the $8,016CDN prize, moving up 43 spots the World Ranking Standings into 47th place overall with 32.338 total points. de Cruz ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 18.990 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	6	3	0	0.667	3-2	3-1	2-2	1-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	70	55	41	7.86	5.86	2.00	4.43	4.14	1.77	1.41	1.43

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	40	48	8	8	2-0	5-0	6-2	1.20	0.20	0.41	0.15

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	30	7	33	2	0-1	1-1	0-5	0.23	1.10	0.70	0.17

2019: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz, Sven Michel, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneva, SUI
2018: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2016: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2015: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2014: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Hammy McMillan Jr., Thomas Muirhead
Aberdeen, UK
2013: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson
Oslo, NOR
2012: Oskar Eriksson
Kristian Lindstroem, Oskar Eriksson, Markus Eriksson, Christoffer Sundgren
, SWE
2011: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Ryan Fry, Geoff Walker, Adam Casey
St. John's, NL
2010: Andy Kapp
Andy Kapp, Daniel Herberg, Andreas Lang, Markus Messenzehl, Holger Hoehne
, GER
2009: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson, Thomas Loevold
Oslo, NOR
2008: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab
St. John's, NL
2007: David Murdoch
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab
Dumfries, SCO
2006: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Chris Schille, Jamie Korab, Mike Adam
St. Johns, NL
2005: Randy Ferbey
Kerry Burtnyk, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque, David Nedohin
Edmonton, AB
2004: Andreas Schwaller
Andreas Schwaller, Christof Schwaller, Ramstein, Roland Moser
, SUI
2003: Ralph Stoeckli
Ralph Stoeckli, Claudio Pescia, Pascal Sieber, Simon Struebin
Neuenkirch, SUI

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