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His team of Jeff Tait, Pat Simmons and Greg Burrows finished the round robin with a 6-5 record.
His team of Jeff Tait, Pat Simmons and Greg Burrows finished the round robin with a 6-5 record.
This allowed Bitz to curl in his first Brier. At the 2002 Nokia Brier, Bitz and his team of Mark Language, Brian McCusker and Kelly Moskowy finished with a 7-4 record, and they would lose in their only playoff match against New Brunswick"s Russian Howard. The team finished 3-8 at the 2009 Tim Hortons Brier, out of the playoffs.
That team also played at the 2010 Olympic pre-trials, where they lost all three of their games.
Bitz had played for Jordison from 2006 until 2010 when Jordison left the team Bitz then formed his own team, and participated in the provincials in 2011 and 2012, but was unable to qualify to the playoffs in both.
Bitz is a chiropractor with a degree from the University of Regina. Bitz also attended the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College.
He is a two-time provincial champion. In 1992, Bitz won the junior provincial championship, giving him the right to represent Saskatchewan at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships. They won their first tie breaker match against Ontario, but lost their second to Prince Edward Island. Ten years later, Bitz won his first provincial championship. Bitz won his second provincial title in 2009, as a third for Joel Jordison.