CHAMPION: Thompson Wins 2017 Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel

Halifax, Nova Scotia

SKIP
Kendal
Thompson

Third
Bryce
Everist

Second
Jamie
Danbrook

Lead
Jared
Brown

Games:	5
Record:	5W - 0L
PF/G:	9.43
PA/G:	5.14
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.28
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.35

Kendal Thompson (Halifax, NS) won 8-7 over Mike Callaghan (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel, held November 24 - 26, 2017 in Windsor, Nova Scotia. To advance to the championship game, Thompson won 7-1 over Brent MacDougall (Halifax, NS) in the semifinals

Thompson finished 3-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Thompson defeated Trevor Archibald (Halifax, NS) 6-1, then won 5-4 against Alan O'Leary (Dartmouth, NS) and 7-5 against Scott Saunders (Bridgewater, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel Championship title, Thompson earned 0.000 world rankings points along with the $1,200CDN first prize cheque. For week 16 of the event schedule, Thompson did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 96th to 99th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 49.713 total points. Thompson ranks 100th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 22.674 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

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