Retornaz Reaches 2019 Aberdeen International Curling Championship Quarters

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Third
Simone
Gonin

Second
Fabio
Ribotta

Lead
Lorenzo
Maurino

Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) qualified for the 2019 Aberdeen International Curling Championship playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-3 against Ross Paterson (Glasgow, SCO). of the 2019 Aberdeen International Curling Championship in Aberdeen, Scotland;

Retornaz finished 4-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Retornaz defeated Simon Gempeler (Adelboden, SUI) 5-4, then won 9-2 against Jan Hess (Zug, SUI) and 9-4 against Blair Haswell (Stranraer, SCO). Retornaz went on to lose 5-3 against Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO). Retornaz responded with a 5-3 win over Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Retornaz earned 17.574 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Aberdeen International Curling Championship, moving up 8 spots the World Ranking Standings into 46th place overall with 91.666 total points. Retornaz ranks 46th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 91.666 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

2024: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr. , Michael Goodfellow
STIRLING, SCO
2023: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle
Stirling, SCO
2022: Sixten Totzek
Sixten Totzek, Marc Muskatewitz, Joshua Sutor, Dominik Greindl
Munich, GER
2020: Yannick Schwaller
Yannick Schwaller, Michael Brunner, Romano Keller-Meier, Marcel Kaeufeler
Bern, SUI
2019: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, 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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