CHAMPION: Grassie Wins 2019 Thistle Integrity Stakes

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Sean
Grassie

Third
Tyler
Drews

Second
Daryl
Evans

Lead
Rodney
Legault

Games:	10
Record:	8W - 2L
PF/G:	8.31
PA/G:	6.75
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB) won 6-5 over Steve Irwin (Brandon, MB) in the Final of the Thistle Integrity Stakes, held November 29 - December 2, 2019 at the Thistle Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Grassie won 7-4 over Corey Chambers (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2019 Thistle Integrity Stakes in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; and won 9-5 over Ryan Hlatkey (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Thistle Integrity Stakes in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

Grassie finished 5-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Grassie defeated Steen Sigurdson (Gimli, MB) 5-4, then went on to lose 6-3 against Richard Muntain (Pinawa, MB). Grassie responded with a 8-7 win over Graham McFarlane (Winnipeg, MB). Grassie won 5-3 against Ty Dilello (Winnipeg, MB). Grassie went on to lose 8-5 against Muntain. Grassie responded with a 8-5 win over Kyle McCannell (Pilot Mound, MB). Grassie won 8-5 against Ryan Hyde (Portage la Prairie, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Thistle Integrity Stakes Championship title, Grassie earned 16.904 world rankings points along with the $1,300CDN first prize cheque. Grassie move up 13 spots after posting a net gain of 14.1 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 52nd overall with 94.255 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Grassie ranks 38th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 80.236 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: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Tyler Drews, Jordon Johnson, Daryl Evans
Winnipeg, MB
2024: Jordon McDonald
Jordon McDonald, Dallas Burgess, Elias Huminicki, Cameron Olafson
Winnipeg, MB
2023: Brett Walter
Brett Walter, JT Ryan, Graham McFarlane, Hugh McFarlane
Winnipeg, MB
2022: Corey Chambers
Corey Chambers, Daley Peters, Julien Leduc, Brendan Bilawka
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Tyler Drews, Daryl Evans, Rodney Legault
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Kyle Kurz, Ian McMillan, Rob Gordon
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Andrew Hunt
Andrew Hunt, Dillon Bednarek, Mitch Einarson, Bryan Galbraith
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Trevor Loreth
Brad Haight, Trevor Loreth, Ryan Lowdon, Brett Cawson
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Corey Chambers, Kody Janzen, Stuart Shiells
Winnipeg, MB
2006: Randy Neufeld
Randy Neufeld, Corey Anderson, Rick Cramer, Scott Podolski
, MB
2005: Peter Nicholls
Peter Nicholls, Dean Dunstone, Travis Graham, Wayne Sigurdson
Winnipeg, MB
2004: Dennis Bohn
David Bohn, Dennis Bohn, Bryan Galbraith, Cory Wolchuk
Winnipeg, MB

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