Walchuk Runner-Up at 2010 World Financial Group Classic

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Don
Walchuk

Third
Chris
Schille

Second
DJ
Kidby

Lead
Don
Bartlett

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	10.60
PA/G:	6.20
Hammer Efficiency:	0.61
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

Don Walchuk (Edmonton, AB) lost 8-6 to Dean Ross (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the World Financial Group Classic, held September 24 - 27, 2010 at the Garrison Curling Club in Calgary, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Walchuk won 7-3 over Brock Virtue (Calgary, AB) in the semifinals of the 2010 World Financial Group Classic in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; and won 6-2 over Brent Bawel (Calgary, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2010 World Financial Group Classic in Calgary, Alberta, Canada;

Walchuk finished 3-1 in the 17-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Walchuk lost 9-8 to Lloyd Hill (Calgary, AB), then responded with a 10-1 win over Steve Petryk (Calgary, AB). Walchuk won 8-3 against Steve Mackey (Calgary, AB), then won 8-5 against Terry Meek (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the World Financial Group Classic, Walchuk take home 8.250 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN prize. For week 3 of the event schedule, Walchuk did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Walchuk 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

2023: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, Colton Flasch, Kevin Marsh, Daniel Marsh
Saskatoon, SK
2022: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle
Stirling, SCO
2021: Tyler Tardi
Tyler Tardi, Sterling Middleton, Jason Ginter, Jordan Tardi , Paul Tardi
Langley, BC
2019: Jeremy Harty
Jeremy Harty, Kyler Kleibrink, Joel Berger, Kurtis Goller
Calgary, AB
2018: Ted Appelman
Ted Appelman, Nathan Connolly, Shawn Donnelly, Adam Enright
Edmonton, AB
2017: Kurt Balderston
Kurt Balderston, Terry Meek, Rob Bucholz, Del Shaughnessy
Grande Prairie, AB
2016: Carl deConinck Smith
Carl deConinck Smith, Jeff Sharp, Matt Ryback, Mark Larsen
Saskatoon, SK
2015: Charley Thomas
Charley Thomas, Nathan Connolly, Brandon Klassen, DJ Kidby
Calgary, AB
2014: Brock Virtue
Brock Virtue, Charley Thomas, Brandon Klassen, DJ Kidby
Calgary, AB
2013: Chang-Min Kim
Chang-Min Kim, Min-Chan Kim, Se-Hyeon Seong, Young-Seon Seo, Eun Soo Oh
Uiseong, KOR
2012: Steve Petryk
Dan Petryk, Steve Petryk, Roland Robinson, Thomas Usselman
Calgary, AB
2011: Brock Virtue
Brock Virtue, JD Lind, Dominic Daemen, Matthew Ng
Calgary, AB
2010: Dean Ross
Dean Ross, Don DeLair, Chris Blackwell, Sean Morris
Calgary, AB

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