CHAMPION: Whyte Wins 2021 KW Fall Classic

Stirling, Scotland

SKIP
Ross
Whyte

Third
Robin
Brydone

Second
Duncan
McFadzean

Lead
Euan
Kyle

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	8.40
PA/G:	4.20
Hammer Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Defense:	0.09
Force Efficiency:	0.73
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) won 5-3 over Kyle Waddell (Glasgow , SCO) in the Final of the KW Fall Classic, held September 16 - 19, 2021 at the K-W Granite Club in Waterloo, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Whyte won 4-3 over Yves Stocker (Zug, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2021 KW Fall Classic in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; and won 7-5 over Sam Steep (Seaforth, ON) in the quarterfinals.

Whyte finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Whyte defeated Fraser Reid (Waterloo, ON) 6-3, then won 10-2 against Greg Inglis (Carrying Place, ON) and 6-2 against Mark Patterson (Blenheim, ON). Whyte won 4-3 against Steep in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the KW Fall Classic Championship title, Whyte earned 26.999 world rankings points along with the $2,300CDN first prize cheque, moving up 7 spots the World Ranking Standings into 9th place overall with 155.935 total points. Whyte ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 55.195 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: Joel Retornaz
Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella , Ryan Fry
Trentino, ITA
2024: John Epping
John Epping, Jake Horgan, Tanner Horgan, Ian McMillan
Toronto, ON
2023: Alex Champ
Alex Champ, Charlie Richard, DJ Ronaldson, Scott Clinton
Toronto, ON
2022: Michael Fournier
Michael Fournier, Kevin Flewwelling, Sean Harrison, Zander Elmes
Toronto, ON
2021: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle , Greg Drummond
Stirling, SCO
2020: Paul Moffatt
Paul Moffatt, Ben Shane, John Gabel, Kyle Forster
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2019: Yusuke Morozumi
Yusuke Morozumi, Masaki Iwai, Ryotaro Shukuya, Kosuke Morozumi
Nagano, JPN
2018: Alexey Timofeev
Alexey Timofeev, Alexey Stukalskiy, Artur Razhabov, Artem Shmakov, Sergei Glukhov
St. Petersburg, RUS
2017: Matthew Hall
Matthew Hall, Jeff Wanless, Joey Hart, David Hart
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2016: Richard Krell
Richard Krell, Evan Lilly, Jonah Mondloch, Robert Currie
Waterloo, ON
2015: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Jia Liang Zang, De Xin Ba, Xiao Ming Xu
Harbin, CHN
2014: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Brett Dekoning, Scott Brandon, Shane Konings
London, ON
2013: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Brett Dekoning, Connor Duhaime, Simon Barrick
London, ON
2012: Mark Kean
Mark Kean, Travis Fanset, Patrick Janssen, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2011: Rob Rumfeldt
Rob Rumfeldt, Adam Spencer, Scott Hodgson, Greg Robinson
Guelph, ON
2010: Greg Balsdon
Greg Balsdon, Chris Ciasnocha, Tyler Morgan, Jamie Farnell
Kingston, ON
2009: Dale Matchett
Dale Matchett, Ryan Werenich, Jeff Gorda, Shawn Kaufman
Bradford, ON
2008: Dale Matchett
Dale Matchett, Ryan Werenich, Jeff Gorda, Shawn Kaufman
Churchill, ON

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