Smith Reaches 2021 Bally Haly Cash Spiel Quarters

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Alex
Smith

Third
Stephen
Trickett

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Zach
Young

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Mike
Mosher

Alex Smith (St. John's, NL) qualified for the 2021 Bally Haly Cash Spiel playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 9-5 against Trent Skanes (St. John's, NL). of the 2021 Bally Haly Cash Spiel in St. John's, Newfoundland / Labrador, Canada;

Smith finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith defeated Sean O'Leary (St. John's, NL) 5-2, then went on to lose 7-5 against Owen Purcell (Upper Tantallon, NS). Smith responded with a 7-1 win over Ryan McNeil Lamswood (St. John's, NL). Smith won 8-3 against Gary Oke (Corner Brook, NL). Smith went on to lose 7-3 against Greg Smith (St. John's, NL) in their final qualifying round match.

Smith earned 5.903 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Bally Haly Cash Spiel, moving up 12 spots the World Ranking Standings into 126th place overall with 25.323 total points. Smith ranks 117th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.841 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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