Allen4-3 at 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena)

Ottawa, Ontario

SKIP
Steve
Allen

Third
Ritchie
Gillian

Second
Rick
Allen

Lead
Kevin
Rathwell

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	6.67
PA/G:	7.65
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Steve Allen (Ottawa, ON) finished 4-3 in the 24 team Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena) qualifying round, held October 18 - 21, 2018 at the Buckingham Curling Club in Buckingham, Canada. In their opening game, Allen defeated Mark Fenner (Chaska, USA) 7-6, then went on to lose 7-0 against Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO). Allen responded with a 7-4 win over Greg Smith (St. John's, NL). Allen won 8-7 against Steven Munroe (Levis, QC). Allen went on to lose 7-3 against Charley Thomas (Toronto, ON). Allen responded with a 5-3 win over John Epping (Toronto, ON). Allen went on to lose 5-4 against Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Allen earned 8.652 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Allen move up 7 spots after posting a net gain of 3.961 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 56th overall with 72.243 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Allen ranks 42nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 34.715 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2019	4	3	0	0.571	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2019	51	34	39	6.67	7.65	-0.98	4.90	4.71	1.36	1.63	0.39

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2019	24	26	10	0	0-0	1-2	6-0	1.08	0.42	0.29	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2019	27	8	29	2	0-0	0-2	1-7	0.30	1.07	0.50	0.26

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Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Jean Gagnon
Gatineau, QC
2010: Serge Reid
Serge Reid, Francois Gionest, Simon Collin, Steeve Villeneuve
Saguenay, QC
2011: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau/Levis, QC
2012: Mark Dacey
Mark Dacey, Tommy Sullivan, Stephen Burgess, Andrew Gibson
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2013: Brad Gushue
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2015: Brad Gushue
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2016: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Craig Savill, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2017: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Xiao Ming Xu, Dongxu Jiang, Jia Liang Zang
Harbin, CHN
2018: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Jonathan Beuk, Wesley Forget, Scott Chadwick
Kingston, ON

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