Saunders Runner-Up at 2016 Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel

SKIP
Scott
Saunders

Third
Mike
Myra

Second
Curt
Palmer

Lead
Glenn
Josephson

Scott Saunders (Halifax, NS) lost 4-3 to Doug MacKenzie (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel, held November 25 - 27, 2016 in Windsor, Nova Scotia. To advance to the championship game, Saunders won 5-4 over Nicholas Deagle (Halifax, NS) in the semifinals of the 2016 Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel in Windsor, Nova Scotia; and won 8-6 over Tony Moore (Halifax, NS) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel in Windsor, Nova Scotia;

Saunders finished 2-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Saunders lost 6-5 to Mike Callaghan (Halifax, NS), then responded with a 6-5 win over Robert Mayhew (Halifax, NS). Saunders won 6-4 against Jeremy Mallais (Moncton, NB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel, Saunders take home 7.537 world rankings points along with the $900CDN prize, moving up 274 spots the World Ranking Standings into 282nd place overall with 7.712 total points. Saunders ranks 194th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.537 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

2015: Stuart Thompson
Stuart Thompson, Colten Steele, Travis Colter, Alex MacNeil
Halifax, NS
2016: Doug MacKenzie
Doug MacKenzie, Richard Barker, Martin Gavin, Sean Audas
Halifax, NS
2017: Kendal Thompson
Kendal Thompson, Bryce Everist, Jamie Danbrook, Jared Brown
Halifax, NS

Sudbury's Jake and Tanner Horgan will ply their trade elsewhere next season as John Epping and Ian MacMillan explore options for the future.

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