CHAMPION: Walstad Wins 2017 Norway Cup 2

SKIP
Steffen
Walstad

Third
Markus
Hoiberg

Second
Magnus
Nedregotten

Lead
Magnus
Vaagberg

Steffen Walstad (Oppdal, NOR) won 6-4 over Steffen R. Mellemseter (Oppdal, NOR) in the Final of the Norway Cup 2, held November 10 - 12, 2017 in Oppdal, Norway. To advance to the championship game, Walstad won 6-4 over Bendik Ramsfjell (Jar, NOR) in the semifinals of the 2017 Norway Cup 2 in Oppdal, Norway; and won 6-1 over Gaute Nepstad (Lillehammer, NOR) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 Norway Cup 2 in Oppdal, Norway;

Walstad finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walstad defeated Eirin Mesloe (Oppdal, NOR) 10-3, then won 10-3 against Jenn Cunningham (Oslo, NOR) and 9-7 against Nepstad in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Norway Cup 2 Championship title, Walstad earned 11.510 world rankings points along with the $1,000CDN first prize cheque, dropping 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 15th place overall with 320.75 total points. Walstad ranks 10th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 145.222 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

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