Cotter2-3 at Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic

Vernon, British Columbia

SKIP
Jim
Cotter

Third
Tyrel
Griffith

Second
Andrew
Nerpin

Lead
Rick
Sawatsky

Games:	5
Record:	2W - 3L
PF/G:	6.47
PA/G:	7.65
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.73
Steal Efficiency:	0.13

Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) finished 2-3 in the 24 team Nufloors Penticton Curling Classic qualifying round, held October 14 - 18 at the Penticton Curling Club in Penticton, Canada. In their opening game, Cotter defeated Sean Geall (New Westminster, BC) 9-3, then went on to lose 5-2 against Tyler Tardi (Langley, BC). Cotter lost 7-5 to Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON) where Cotter responded with a 5-3 win over Cameron de Jong (Penticton, BC). Cotter went on to lose 8-1 against Matt Dunstone (Regina, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

Cotter earned 6.188 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 46th place overall with 57.166 total points. Cotter ranks 123rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.188 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
0	2	3	0	0.400	1-1	1-2	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
0	34	22	26	6.47	7.65	-1.18	3.82	4.41	1.69	1.73	1.76

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
0	18	19	7	3	0-0	2-1	4-1	1.06	0.39	0.40	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
0	16	3	19	3	0-1	0-2	1-0	0.19	1.19	0.73	0.13

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