Lottenbach Runner-Up at 2019 Dumfries Challenger Series

Zug, Switzerland

SKIP
Lucien
Lottenbach

Third
Rainer
Kobler

Second
Patrick
AbÃ¤cherli

Lead
Tom
Winkelhausen

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	8.51
PA/G:	5.96
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Efficiency:	0.35

Lucien Lottenbach (Zug, SUI) lost 6-2 to Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) in the Final of the Dumfries Challenger Series, held December 12 - 15, 2019 at the Dumfries Ice Bowl in Dumfries, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, Lottenbach won 6-3 over Hamish Gallacher (Dumfries, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2019 Dumfries Challenger Series in Dumfries, Scotland, Scotland; and won 9-6 over Cameron Bryce (Stirling, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Dumfries Challenger Series in Dumfries, Scotland, Scotland;

Lottenbach finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Lottenbach defeated Bill Turner (Dumfries, SCO) 9-1, then went on to lose 8-5 against Glen Muirhead (Perth, SCO). Lottenbach responded with a 5-1 win over Andrew Reed (Cambridge, ENG). Lottenbach won 4-3 against James Craik (Forfar, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Dumfries Challenger Series, Lottenbach take home 17.085 world rankings points along with the $3,501CDN prize. Lottenbach move up 13 spots after posting a net gain of 11.747 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 50th overall with 97.193 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Lottenbach ranks 45th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 75.840 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

2019: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle
Stirling, SCO
2018: Jaap van Dorp
Wouter Gosgens, Jaap van Dorp, Laurens Hoekman, Carlo Glasbergen
Zoetermeer, NED
2017: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Edinburgh, SCO
2016: Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Kyle Waddell, Cameron Smith
Stirling, SCO
2015: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Duncan Menzies, Bobby Lammie, Gregor Cannon
Edinburgh, SCO
2014: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Hammy McMillan Jr., Thomas Muirhead
Aberdeen, UK

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