Freeman Runner-Up at 2018 King Spud Classic Berth Spiel

Virden, Manitoba

SKIP
Graham
Freeman

Third
Brooks
Freeman

Second
Cory
Barkley

Lead
Dwayne
Barkley

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	8.84
PA/G:	5.58
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Graham Freeman (Virden, MB) lost 5-3 to Corey Chambers (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the King Spud Classic Berth Spiel, held November 16 - 18, 2018 at the Carberry Curling Club in Carberry, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Freeman won 5-4 over 's Kelly Marnoch in the semifinals of the 2018 King Spud Classic Berth Spiel in Carberry, Manitoba, Canada; and won 7-4 over Ty Dilello (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 King Spud Classic Berth Spiel in Carberry, Manitoba, Canada;

Freeman finished 3-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Freeman defeated Curtis McCannell (Pilot Mound, MB) 7-4, then won 8-3 against Dilello. Freeman went on to lose 1-0 against 's Kelly Marnoch. Freeman responded with a 8-3 win over Chambers in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the King Spud Classic Berth Spiel, Freeman take home 11.632 world rankings points along with the $1,500CDN prize. Freeman move up 185 spots after posting a net gain of 11.307 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 196th overall with 13.581 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Freeman ranks 155th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 11.632 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

2018: Corey Chambers
Corey Chambers, Julien Leduc, Devon Wiebe, Stuart Shiells
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Kelly Marnoch
Bart Witherspoon, Kelly Marnoch, Branden Jorgensen, Chris Cameron
Carberry, MB
2008: Kelly Skinner
Bart Witherspoon, Kelly Marnoch, Branden Jorgensen, Chris Cameron
Hamiota, MB

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