Muirhead5-3 at 2018 Qinghai Curling Elite

Perth, Scotland

SKIP
Glen
Muirhead

Third
Kyle
Smith

Second
Thomas
Muirhead

Lead
Cameron
Smith

Games:	10
Record:	6W - 4L
PF/G:	7.47
PA/G:	6.53
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Glen Muirhead (Perth, SCO) finished 5-3 in the 9 team Qinghai Curling Elite qualifying round, held December 14 - 19, 2018 in , . In their opening game, Muirhead defeated Weihaoping Wang (Beijing, CHN) 9-3, then went on to lose 7-3 against Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE). Muirhead responded with a 8-4 win over Mingjie Yuan (Beijing, CHN). Muirhead went on to lose 6-1 against Matt Dunstone (Regina, SK). Muirhead lost 10-9 to Andrew Stopera (Chaska, USA) where Muirhead responded with a 7-3 win over Daniel Magnusson (Karlstad, SWE). Muirhead won 4-2 against Sergei Glukhov (Sochi, RUS), then won 5-4 against Jan Hess (Zug, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

Muirhead earned 15.827 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Qinghai Curling Elite, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 19th place overall with 217.478 total points. Muirhead ranks 20th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 149.376 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	6	4	0	0.600	1-2	4-1	1-1	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	75	56	49	7.47	6.53	0.93	4.67	4.13	1.60	1.58	1.20

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	35	41	5	6	0-0	4-0	9-0	1.17	0.14	0.45	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	40	15	44	3	0-2	1-2	2-7	0.38	1.10	0.58	0.28

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Eve Muirhead (photo: David Peace / Team GB) bows out of elite curling as reigning Olympic, European and World Mixed Doubles Champion as she announces her retirement from the sport.

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