Mark Kean (Woodstock, ON) won
4-2 over
Richard Krell (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON) in the Final of the Port Elgin Superspiel, held November 15 - 17, 2019 at the Port Elgin Curling Club in Port Elgin, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Kean won
6-4 over
Todd Birr (Ham Lake, MN) in the semifinals of the 2019 Port Elgin Superspiel in Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada; and won
8-1 over
Dayna Deruelle (Harrison, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Port Elgin Superspiel in Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada;
Kean finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kean defeated
Birr 6-4, then won
5-4 against
Robert Wright (Toronto, ON). Kean went on to lose
6-4 against
Sandy MacEwan (Sudbury, NONT). Kean responded with a
7-1 win over
Sam Steep (St. Catherines, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Port Elgin Superspiel Championship title, Kean earned
24.965 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN first prize cheque. Kean move up 13 spots after posting a net gain of 18.453 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 45th overall with
102.323 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Kean ranks 39th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
63.252 points earned so far this season.
