Pougher Reaches 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships Quarters

SKIP
James
Pougher

Third
Rhys
Phillips

Second
Garry
Coombs

Lead
Simon
Pougher

James Pougher (Hawarden, WAL) qualified for the 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 12-8 against Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT). of the 2023 Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships in Ostersund, Sweden;

Pougher finished 4-3 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pougher defeated Eduard Veltsman (Tallinn, EST) 6-2, then won 8-7 against Kalle Kiiskinen (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Pougher went on to lose 10-9 against Juraj Gallo (Bratislava, SVK). Pougher responded with a 7-5 win over Ireland's John Wilson. Pougher won 9-7 against Andrew Woolston (Kent, ENG). Pougher went on to lose 8-7 against Eduard Nikolov (Kyiv, UKR). Pougher lost 6-5 to Konstantin Rykov (Vilnius, LTU) in their final qualifying round match.

Pougher earned 9.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Le Gruyere AOP European B Curling Championships. For week 17 of the event schedule, Pougher did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Pougher ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

An early-season slump well behind them, Kayla Skrlik's Calgary-based team is rising up the rankings and appears primed to peak at the right time.

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