Birr Reaches 2019 Goldline US Open of Curling

Ham Lake, Minnesota

SKIP
Todd
Birr

Third
Andrew
Stopera

Second
Hunter
Clawson

Lead
Tom
O'Connor

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	7.86
PA/G:	6.67
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Efficiency:	0.40

Todd Birr (Ham Lake, MN) run at the 2019 Goldline US Open of Curling - Contender Round came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-4 loss to Jordan Chandler (Manitoulin, NONT). of the 2019 Goldline US Open of Curling - Contender Round in Blaine, Minnesota, United States;

Birr finished 4-1 in the 12 team Goldline US Open of Curling - Contender Round qualifying round, held September 13 - 15, 2019 at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, United States. In their opening game, Birr defeated Stephen Imes (Columbus, OH) 4-3, then won 6-3 against Jason Smith (Blaine , MN) and 10-5 against Darryl Sobering (Denver, CO). Birr went on to lose 9-3 against Dominik Maerki (Chaska, MN). Birr responded with a 6-3 win over Jed Brundidge (St. Paul, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Birr earned 10.460 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Goldline US Open of Curling - Contender Round, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 57th place overall with 74.039 total points. Birr ranks 39th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.148 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	4	2	0	0.667	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
2020	42	33	28	7.86	6.67	1.19	5.24	3.81	1.50	1.75	0.95

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	17	19	7	2	0-1	2-0	3-1	1.12	0.41	0.33	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	25	14	21	2	0-0	2-2	0-4	0.56	0.84	0.54	0.40

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