CHAMPION: Purcell Wins 2021 Bally Haly Cash Spiel

Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia

SKIP
Owen
Purcell

Third
Joel
Krats

Second
Adam
McEachren

Lead
Scott
Weagle

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	11.16
PA/G:	4.65
Hammer Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Defense:	0.05
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.46

Owen Purcell (Upper Tantallon, NS) won 7-2 over Greg Smith (St. John's, NL) in the Final of the Bally Haly Cash Spiel, held November 4 - 7, 2021 at the Bally Haly Golf and Curling Club in St. John's, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Purcell won 6-4 over Trent Skanes (St. John's, NL) to advance to the championship game. of the 2021 Bally Haly Cash Spiel in St. John's, Newfoundland / Labrador, Canada; of the 2021 Bally Haly Cash Spiel in St. John's, Newfoundland / Labrador, Canada;

Purcell finished 5-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Purcell defeated Smith 7-1, then won 7-5 against Alex Smith (St. John's, NL) and 8-3 against Gary Oke (Corner Brook, NL). Purcell won 8-1 against Sean O'Leary (St. John's, NL), then won 5-4 against Ryan McNeil Lamswood (St. John's, NL) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Bally Haly Cash Spiel Championship title, Purcell earned 14.756 world rankings points along with the $2,400CDN first prize cheque, moving up 57 spots the World Ranking Standings into 114th place overall with 27.959 total points. Purcell ranks 76th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 22.146 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

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