CHAMPION: Bitz Wins 2017 Estevan Power Dodge Curling Classic

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

SKIP
Scott
Bitz

Third
Warren
Jackson

Second
Aryn
Schmidt

Lead
Rory
Golanowski

Games:	5
Record:	5W - 0L
PF/G:	9.70
PA/G:	3.03
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.86
Steal Efficiency:	0.53

Scott Bitz (Saskatoon, SK) won 5-1 over Randy Bryden (Regina, SK) in the Final of the Estevan Power Dodge Curling Classic, held December 1 - 3, 2017 at the Estevan Curling Club in Estevan, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Bitz won 5-4 over Ryan Deis (Fox Valley, SK) to advance to the championship game. of the 2017 Estevan Power Dodge Curling Classic in Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada; of the 2017 Estevan Power Dodge Curling Classic in Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Bitz finished 3-0 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bitz defeated Ryan Armstrong (Lashburn, SK) 7-0, then won 9-2 against Mark Walter (Estevan, SK) and 6-3 against Shane Vollman (Regina, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Estevan Power Dodge Curling Classic Championship title, Bitz earned 14.062 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 24 spots the World Ranking Standings into 106th place overall with 45.711 total points. Bitz ranks 97th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 26.313 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

2016: Randy Bryden
Saskatoon, SK
2015: Josh Heidt
Kerrobert, SK
2014: Steve Laycock
Saskatoon, SK
2013: Rui Liu
Harbin, CHN

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