CHAMPION: Murdoch Wins 2016 Aberdeen International Curling Championship

Stirling, Scotland

SKIP
David
Murdoch

Third
Greg
Drummond

Second
Scott
Andrews

Lead
Michael
Goodfellow

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	10.87
PA/G:	4.13
Hammer Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Defense:	0.05
Force Efficiency:	0.69
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

David Murdoch (Stirling, SCO) won 5-1 over Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, SCO) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Murdoch won 7-1 over Michael Brunner (Switzerland) in the semifinals of the 2016 Aberdeen International Curling Championship in Aberdeen, Scotland; and won 9-1 over Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) in the quarterfinals.

Murdoch finished 4-0 in the 20 team Aberdeen International Curling Championship qualifying round, held March 25 - 27, 2016 in , . In their opening game, Murdoch defeated Alexander Baumann (Fuessen, GER) 7-6, then won 7-2 against Krystof Tabery (Prague, CZE) and 7-4 against Jia Liang Zang (Harbin, CHN). Murdoch won 8-4 against Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Aberdeen International Curling Championship Championship title, Murdoch earned 35.878 world rankings points along with the $10,302CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 13th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 15.679 after improving upon their best so far this season. Murdoch ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 246.113 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2016	7	0	0	1.000	6-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2016	46	50	19	10.87	4.13	6.74	5.87	3.04	1.85	1.36	1.09

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2016	21	41	1	1	1-0	4-0	10-0	1.95	0.05	0.75	0.05

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2016	25	9	18	4	0-0	0-1	1-3	0.36	0.72	0.69	0.32

2020: Yannick Schwaller
Yannick Schwaller, Michael Brunner, Romano Meier, Marcel Kaeufeler
Bern, SUI
2019: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz, Sven Michel, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneve, SUI
2018: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Edinburgh, SCO
2017: Grant Hardie
Grant Hardie, Blair Fraser, Dave Reid, Duncan Menzies
Dumfries, SCO
2016: David Murdoch
David Murdoch, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow
Stirling, SCO

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