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