Pitonak1-6 at 2020 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships

SKIP
Pavol
Pitonak

Third
Frantisek
Pitonak

Second
Tomas
Pitonak

Lead
Peter
Pitonak

Pavol Pitonak (Bratislava, SVK) finished 1-6 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pitonak lost 9-5 to Otto Kalocsay (Budapest, HUN), droppimg another game, 7-6 to James Pougher (Deeside, WAL) where Pitonak responded with a 10-3 win over Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST). Pitonak went on to lose 10-9 against Reto Seiler (Sofia, BUL). Pitonak lost 9-6 to Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE). Pitonak lost 9-2 to Spain's Sergio Vez. Pitonak lost 9-2 to Jermu Pollanen (Hyvinkaa, FIN) in their final qualifying round match.

Pitonak earned 2.672 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 101 spots the World Ranking Standings into 332nd place overall with 4.018 total points. Pitonak ranks 283rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.672 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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