Smith Reaches 2020 Centennial Spiel Quarters

SKIP
Greg
Smith

Third
Randy
Turpin

Second
John
Sheppard

Lead
Ian
Withycombe

Greg Smith (St. John's , NL) qualified for the 2020 Centennial Spiel playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-4 against Andrew Symonds (St. John's, NL). of the 2020 Centennial Spiel in St. John, Newfoundland / Labrador;

Smith finished 2-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith defeated Paul Harvey (St. John's, NL) 11-4, then went on to lose 5-0 against Trent Skanes (St. John's, NL). Smith responded with a 5-3 win over Neil Power (St. John's, NL). Smith went on to lose 6-5 against Jeff Thomas (St. John's, NL) in their final qualifying round match.

Smith earned 4.114 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Centennial Spiel, moving up 63 spots the World Ranking Standings into 236th place overall with 9.206 total points. Smith ranks 276th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.714 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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