CHAMPION: Montgomery Wins 2023 Island Shootout

Victoria, British Columbia

SKIP
Jason
Montgomery

Third
Chris
Baier

Second
Miles
Craig

Lead
Troy
Cowan

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	9.62
PA/G:	5.77
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.74
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Jason Montgomery (Victoria, BC) won 12-4 over Kyler Kleibrink (Langley, BC) in the Final of the Island Shootout, held November 10 - 13, 2023 at the Victoria Curling Club in Victoria, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Montgomery won 5-4 over Catlin Schneider (Victoria, BC) in the semifinals of the 2023 Island Shootout in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; and won 6-2 over Jared Kolomaya (Richmond, BC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Island Shootout in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada;

Montgomery finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Montgomery defeated Jeff Berg (Vancouver, BC) 6-4, then won 8-3 against Neil Dangerfield (Victoria, BC). Montgomery went on to lose 7-2 against Schneider. Montgomery lost 5-4 to Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA) where Montgomery responded with a 7-1 win over Wes Craig (Shawnigan Lake, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Island Shootout Championship title, Montgomery earned 7.500 world rankings points along with the $3,500CDN first prize cheque. Montgomery move up 18 spots after posting a net gain of 4.25 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 95th overall with 31.750 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Montgomery ranks 86th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 18.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	20	8	0	0.714	1-0	1-2	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	210	178	126	8.48	6.00	2.48	4.71	4.05	1.80	1.48	1.24

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	104	137	20	17	9-0	8-0	21-3	1.32	0.19	0.44	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	106	41	106	9	0-2	1-5	10-22	0.39	1.00	0.57	0.27

2023: Jason Montgomery
Jason Montgomery, Chris Baier, Miles Craig, Troy Cowan
Victoria, BC
2014: Dean Joanisse
Dean Joanisse, Paul Cseke, Jay Wakefield, John Cullen
New Westminster, BC
2012: Jay Wakefield
Michael Johnson, Paul Cseke, Jay Wakefield, John Cullen
New Westminster, BC
2011: Bryan Miki
Dean Joanisse, Tyler Klitch, Bryan Miki, Jay Batch
New Westminster, BC

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