CHAMPION: Appelman Wins 2018 Original 16 WCT Bonspiel

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Ted
Appelman

Third
Nathan
Connolly

Second
Shawn
Donnelly

Lead
Adam
Enright

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	10.00
PA/G:	4.89
Hammer Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Defense:	0.28
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.52

Ted Appelman (Edmonton, AB) won 7-1 over James Pahl (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Original 16 WCT Bonspiel, held November 9 - 11, 2018 in Calgary, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Appelman won 7-0 over Daylan Vavrek (Calgary, AB) in the semifinals of the 2018 Original 16 WCT Bonspiel in Calgary, Alberta; and won 7-2 over Jeremy Harty (Calgary, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Original 16 WCT Bonspiel in Calgary, Alberta;

Appelman finished 2-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Appelman defeated Pahl 7-5, then won 6-3 against Dan Bubola (Calgary, AB). Appelman went on to lose 6-3 against Kevin Tym (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Original 16 WCT Bonspiel Championship title, Appelman earned 24.060 world rankings points along with the $6,200CDN first prize cheque, moving up 12 spots the World Ranking Standings into 39th place overall with 101.141 total points. Appelman ranks 32nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 68.527 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

2025: Johnson Tao
Johnson Tao, Kenan Wipf, Ben Morin, Andrew Nowell
Edmonton, AB
2024: Dustin Kalthoff
Dustin Kalthoff, Josh Heidt, Sam Wills, Mat Ring
Saskatoon, SK
2023: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, Colton Flasch, Kevin Marsh, Daniel Marsh
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2022: Ross Whyte
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2018: Ted Appelman
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Edmonton, AB
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2016: Carl deConinck Smith
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Saskatoon, SK
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Calgary, AB
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Calgary, AB
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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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