Birr Reaches 2012 Madison Cash Spiel Quarters

SKIP
Todd
Birr

Third
Doug
Pottinger

Second
Tom
O'Connor

Lead
Kevin
Birr

Todd Birr (Mankato, MN) qualified for the 2012 Madison Cash Spiel playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-2 against John Shuster (Duluth, MN). of the 2012 Madison Cash Spiel in McFarland, Wisconsin, United States;

Birr finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birr lost 6-5 to Ryan Lemke (Medford, WI), then responded with a 6-3 win over Greg Persinger (Fairbanks, AK). Birr won 7-6 against Korey Dropkin (Southborough, MA). Birr went on to lose 8-5 against Tyler George (Duluth, MN). Birr responded with a 7-6 win over Jeremy Roe (Madison, WI) in their final qualifying round match.

Birr earned 1.725 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Madison Cash Spiel, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 76th place overall with 21.969 total points. Birr ranks 84th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.075 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

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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