CHAMPION: Knapp Wins 2024 SaskTour Mens Players Championship

SKIP
Kelly
Knapp

Third
Brennan
Jones

Second
Mike
Armstrong

Lead
Trent
Knapp

Kelly Knapp (Regina, SK) won 7-5 over Steve Laycock (Swift Current, SK) in the Final of the SaskTour Mens Players Championship, held January 5 - 7, 2024 at the Yorkton Curling Club in Yorkton, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Knapp won 6-5 over Daymond Bernath (Saskatoon, SK) to advance to the championship game. of the 2024 SaskTour Mens Players Championship in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Knapp are currently 3-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Knapp defeated Josh Heidt (Saskatoon, SK) 7-3, then won 7-6 against Laycock and 9-4 against Michael Carss (Saskatoon, SK). In their opening game, Knapp plays.

For winning the SaskTour Mens Players Championship Championship title, Knapp earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $2,365CDN first prize cheque, moving up 7 spots the World Ranking Standings into 32nd place overall with 112.594 total points. Knapp ranks 34th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 79.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	37	8	0	0.822	4-1	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	332	296	182	8.92	5.48	3.43	5.00	3.77	1.78	1.46	1.23

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	169	225	39	23	9-0	21-2	35-7	1.33	0.23	0.45	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	163	71	143	18	1-0	3-9	12-28	0.44	0.88	0.62	0.29

2023: Kelly Knapp
Kelly Knapp, Brennen Jones, Mike Armstrong, Trent Knapp , Brian McCusker
Regina, SK
2022: Ryan Deis
Ryan Deis, Garret Springer, Dustin Mikush, Kalin Deis, Dallan Muyres
Fox Valley, SK
2010: Terry Marteniuk
Terry Marteniuk, Mike McIntyre, Ray Nabe, Ray Sharp
Yorkton, SK
2010: Gerry Adam
Gerry Adam, Gerald Shymko, Jason Tocher, Bryan Derbowka
Yorkton, SK
2004: Mitch Heidt
Mitch Heidt
Kerrobert, SK

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