CHAMPION: Birchard Wins 2020 KKP Classic

SKIP
Daniel
Birchard

Third
Kelly
Fordyce

Second
Brody
Moore

Lead
Andrew
Peck

Daniel Birchard (Winnipeg, MB) won 6-5 over Corey Chambers (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the KKP Classic, held January 3 - 5, 2020 at the Fort Rouge Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Birchard won 6-4 over Dennis Bohn (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2020 KKP Classic in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

Birchard finished 3-2 in the 11-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birchard defeated JT Ryan (Winnipeg , MB) 8-2, then went on to lose 5-4 against Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB). Birchard lost 5-3 to Chambers where Birchard responded with a 6-5 win over Cale Dunbar (Brandon, MB). Birchard won 4-2 against Ty Dilello (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the KKP Classic Championship title, Birchard earned 22.367 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 37 spots the World Ranking Standings into 88th place overall with 53.664 total points. Birchard ranks 88th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 44.069 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

2020: Daniel Birchard
Daniel Birchard, Kelly Fordyce, Brody Moore, Andrew Peck
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Tanner Lott
Tanner Lott, Colton Lott, Kennedy Bird, Wade Ford
Winnipeg Beach, MB
2017: Dennis Bohn
Dennis Bohn, Neil Kitching, Kennedy Bird, Daniel Hunt
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Chang-Min Kim
Chang-Min Kim, Se-Hyeon Seong, Eun Soo Oh, Chi goo Kim
Uiseong, KOR
2015: Daley Peters
Daley Peters, Corey Chambers, Kody Janzen, Stuart Shiells
Winnipeg, MB

Sudbury's Jake and Tanner Horgan will ply their trade elsewhere next season as John Epping and Ian MacMillan explore options for the future.

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