CHAMPION: Fei Wins 2023 McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic

Beijing, China

SKIP
Xueqing
Fei

Third
Tianqi
Guan

Second
Zhichao
Li

Lead
Xingyin
Xie

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	7.80
PA/G:	5.42
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.09
Force Efficiency:	0.70
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Xueqing Fei (Beijing, CHN) won 6-3 over Ryan Parent (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic, held October 7 - 9, 2023 at the Airdrie Curling Club in Airdrie, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Fei won 7-5 over Cole Adams (Calgary, AB) in the semifinals of the 2023 McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic in Airdrie, Alberta, Canada; and won 8-6 over Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) in the quarterfinals.

Fei finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fei defeated Parker Konschuh (Edmonton, AB) 6-2, then went on to lose 6-4 against Rhett Friesz (Airdrie, AB). Fei lost 6-5 to Adams where Fei responded with a 6-2 win over Jared Jenkins (Calgary, AB). Fei won 4-2 against Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic Championship title, Fei earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $3,200CDN first prize cheque, moving up 40 spots the World Ranking Standings into 103rd place overall with 30.750 total points. Fei ranks 53rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 17.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	11	10	0	0.524	0-0	1-2	1-0	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	158	107	106	6.77	6.71	0.06	4.68	4.11	1.45	1.63	1.20

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	66	70	18	6	0-0	4-1	15-3	1.06	0.27	0.32	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	92	37	88	13	0-3	1-7	8-13	0.40	0.96	0.56	0.29

2024: Ryan Jacques
Ryan Jacques, Ryan Parent, Jordan Tardi, Ethan Drysdale, Tyler Powell, Kevin Parent
Edmonton, AB
2023: Xueqing Fei
Xueqing Fei, Tianqi Guan, Zhichao Li, Xingyin Xie, Jianjun Ye, Xiao Ming Xu
Beijing, CHN
2022: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Kurtis Goller, Glenn Venance, JD Lind
Edmonton, AB
2021: Warren Cross
Warren Cross, Tyler Pfeiffer, Morgan Van Doesburg, Mike Lambert
Edmonton, AB
2020: Ryan Jacques
Ryan Jacques, Desmond Young, Andrew Gittis, Gabriel Dyck
Edmonton, AB
2019: Jeremy Harty
Jeremy Harty, Kyler Kleibrink, Joel Berger, Kurtis Goller
Calgary, AB
2018: Jeremy Harty
Jeremy Harty, Kyler Kleibrink, Joel Berger, Kurtis Goller
,
2017: Kevin Park
Kevin Park, Shane Park, Robert Collins, Ben Savage
Edmonton, AB
2016: Glen Hansen
Glen Hansen, Dean Ross, Don Bartlett, George Parsons
Edmonton, AB
2015: Aaron Sluchinski
Aaron Sluchinski, Justin Sluchinski, Dylan Webster, Eric Richard
, AB
2014: Aaron Sluchinski
Aaron Sluchinski, Justin Sluchinski, Dylan Webster, Eric Richard
, AB
2013: Matthew Blandford
Matthew Blandford, Darren Moulding, Brent Hamilton, Brad Chyz
Calgary, AB

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