CHAMPION: Irwin Wins 2022 MCT Championships

Brandon, Manitoba

SKIP
Steve
Irwin

Third
Travis
Taylor

Second
Travis
Brooks

Lead
Travis
Saban

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	14.09
PA/G:	8.18
Hammer Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Defense:	0.09
Force Efficiency:	0.25
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

Steve Irwin (Brandon, MB) won 7-4 over Ryan Wiebe (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the MCT Championships, held December 9 - 11, 2022 at the Heather Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Irwin won 1-0 over Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2022 MCT Championships in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

Irwin finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Irwin defeated Steen Sigurdson (Winnipeg, MB) 8-3, then went on to lose 9-6 against Calvert. Irwin responded with a 1-0 win over Ryan Thomson (Winnipeg, MB). Irwin won 8-2 against Riley Smith (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the MCT Championships Championship title, Irwin earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $1,600CDN first prize cheque. For week 19 of the event schedule, Irwin did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Irwin 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

2024: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Corey Chambers, Kyle Kurz, Brendan Bilawka
Winnipeg, MB
2022: Steve Irwin
Steve Irwin, Travis Taylor, Travis Brooks, Travis Saban
Brandon, MB
2021: Ryan Wiebe
Ryan Wiebe, Ty Dilello, Sean Flatt, Adam Flatt , Tom Clasper
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Riley Smith
Riley Smith, Nick Curtis, Jared Hancox, Trevor Grenkow
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2016: David Bohn
David Bohn, Justin Richter, Tyler Forrest, Bryce J. McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2015: William Lyburn
William Lyburn, Jason Gunnlaugson, Richard Daneault, Braden Zawada
Winnipeg, MB
2014: David Bohn
David Bohn, Bryan Galbraith, Dennis Bohn, Larry Solomon
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Kelly Marnoch
William Kuran, Kelly Marnoch, Branden Jorgensen, Chris Cameron
Carberry, MB
2012: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Corey Chambers, Kody Janzen, Stuart Shiells
Winnipeg, MB
2011: William Lyburn
William Lyburn, James Kirkness, Alex Forrest, Greg Melnichuk
Winnipeg, MB
2009: Mike McEwen
William Lyburn, James Kirkness, Alex Forrest, Greg Melnichuk
Winnipeg, MB
2006: Don Spriggs
Don Spriggs, Dean Moxham, Barry Pugh, Dale Michie
Portage, MB
2006: Graham Freeman
Graham Freeman, Scott Ramsay, Cory Barkley, Dwayne Barkley
, MB

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