Retchless5-1 at 2020 English Curling Championships

Tunbridge Wells, England

SKIP
Rob
Retchless

Third
Greg
Dunn

Second
Jonathan
Havercroft

Lead
James
Burman

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	9.48
PA/G:	6.03
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Efficiency:	0.45

Rob Retchless (Tunbridge Wells, ENG) finished 5-1 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, Retchless lost 9-6 to Andrew Woolston (Kent, ENG), then responded with a 9-3 win over Owen Rees (Brighton, ENG). Retchless won 8-4 against Stuart Brand (Kent, ENG), then won 9-3 against Rees and 8-4 against Woolston. Retchless won 8-2 against Brand in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the English Curling Championships, Retchless take home 3.919 world rankings points. Retchless move up 26 spots after posting a net gain of 2.866 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 173rd overall with 15.306 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Retchless ranks 173rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.306 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	5	2	0	0.714	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	58	55	35	9.48	6.03	3.45	5.69	3.79	1.67	1.59	0.52

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	27	30	6	3	0-0	0-0	11-1	1.11	0.22	0.46	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	31	25	29	0	1-0	2-3	4-6	0.81	0.94	0.47	0.45

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