Retornaz Reaches 2019 Aberdeen International Curling Championship Quarters

Trentino, Italy

SKIP
Joel
Retornaz

Third
Simone
Gonin

Second
Fabio
Ribotta

Lead
Lorenzo
Maurino

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	8.29
PA/G:	5.61
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.29
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.40

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 Aberdeen International Curling Championship qualifying round, held March 14 - 17, 2019 in , . 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
2019	4	2	0	0.667	2-1	2-0	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2019	41	34	23	8.29	5.61	2.68	4.88	3.90	1.70	1.44	1.22

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2019	21	21	7	3	1-0	0-0	5-1	1.00	0.33	0.33	0.29

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2019	20	13	16	2	0-0	2-1	1-4	0.65	0.80	0.50	0.40

2020: Yannick Schwaller
Yannick Schwaller, Michael Brunner, Romano Meier, Marcel Kaeufeler
Bern, SUI
2019: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz, Sven Michel, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
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Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
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2017: Grant Hardie
Grant Hardie, Blair Fraser, Dave Reid, Duncan Menzies
Dumfries, SCO
2016: David Murdoch
David Murdoch, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow
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