Ontario's Alf Phillips Jr.9-1 at MacDonald Brier

Ontario's Alf Phillips Jr. finished 9-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ontario's Alf Phillips Jr. lost 9-7 to Manitoba's Bruce Hudson, then responded with a 9-8 win over Quebec's Bruce Beveridge. Ontario's Alf Phillips Jr. won 13-7 against New Brunswick's Charlie Sullivan Sr., then won 17-7 against Newfoundland / Labrador's Len Kalichak and 9-7 against Saskatchewan's Doug Wankel. Ontario's Alf Phillips Jr. won 12-7 against British Columbia's Douglas (Buzz) McGibney, then won 9-8 against Nova Scotia's Ron Franklin and 12-5 against Northern Ontario's Bill Grozelle. Ontario's Alf Phillips Jr. won 8-7 against Alberta's Ron Northcott, then won 11-8 against Prince Edward Island's Ken McDonald in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the MacDonald Brier Championship title, Ontario's Alf Phillips Jr. earned 0.000 world rankings points. For week of the event schedule, Ontario's Alf Phillips Jr. did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Ontario's Alf Phillips Jr. ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

Team Marco Hoesli (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) took down the world number one and two ranked teams to secure the first title of the season.

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