Rajala1-2 at 2018 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel

SKIP
Howard
Rajala

Third
Rich
Moffatt

Second
Chris
Fulton

Lead
Paul
Madden

Howard Rajala (Ottawa, ON) finished 1-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rajala lost 8-7 to Steve Allen (Ottawa, ON), droppimg another game, 8-7 to Greg Balsdon (Toronto, ON) where Rajala responded with a 7-3 win over Greg Park (Oshawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Rajala earned 1.075 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 12 spots the World Ranking Standings into 270th place overall with 6.939 total points. Rajala ranks 344th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.075 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

2019: Matthew Hall
Matthew Hall, Alex Champ, Terry Arnold, Scott Clinton
Kitchener, ON
2018: Jia Liang Zang
Jia Liang Zang, De Xin Ba, Yanlong Ma, Jin Bo Wang
Harbin, CHN
2006: Greg Richardson
Greg Richardson, Daryl Smith, Paul Winford, Mike Potter
Ottawa, ON
2005: Steve Allen
Steve Allen, Gary Harris, Rick Allen, Dave Draper
, QC

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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