Brand2-4 at 2020 English Curling Championships

Kent, England

SKIP
Stuart
Brand

Third
Cameron
Clark

Second
Martin
Gregory

Lead
Daniel
Arrandale

Games:	6
Record:	2W - 4L
PF/G:	8.51
PA/G:	7.66
Hammer Efficiency:	0.32
Steal Defense:	0.38
Force Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Stuart Brand (Kent, ENG) finished 2-4 in the 4 team English Curling Championships qualifying round, held February 6 - 9, 2020 at the Dumfries Ice Bowl in Dumfries, Scotland. In their opening game, Brand lost 10-7 to Owen Rees (Brighton, ENG), droppimg another game, 7-6 to Andrew Woolston (Kent, ENG). Brand lost 8-4 to Rob Retchless (Tunbridge Wells, ENG) where Brand responded with a 9-1 win over Woolston. Brand won 12-2 against Rees. Brand went on to lose 8-2 against Retchless in their final qualifying round match.

Brand earned 0.534 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Brand move up 96 spots after posting a net gain of 0.515 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 489th overall with 0.534 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Brand ranks 494th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.534 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	2	4	0	0.333	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	47	40	36	8.51	7.66	0.85	4.26	4.68	2.00	1.64	1.06

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	24	24	14	2	2-1	0-1	5-0	1.00	0.58	0.32	0.38

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	23	16	22	3	2-1	0-0	2-6	0.70	0.96	0.46	0.30

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