Rob Retchless (Tunbridge Wells, ENG) won
10-4 over
Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Retchless won
8-5 over
Kriss Vonda (Riga, LAT) in the semifinals
Retchless finished 3-0 in the 8 team
Baltic Super League qualifying round, held January 10 - 12, 2020 at the Riga Curling Hall in Riga, Latvia. In their opening game, Retchless defeated
Truksans 9-4, then won
10-9 against
Janis Rudzitis (Riga, LAT) and
7-5 against
Oleg Krasikov (Saint Petersburg, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Baltic Super League Championship title, Retchless earned
7.594 world rankings points. Retchless move up 84 spots after posting a net gain of 6.541 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 192nd overall with
13.493 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Retchless ranks 189th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
11.387 points earned so far this season.
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