CHAMPION: Bonot Wins 2023 TBayTel Major League of Curling

Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario

SKIP
Trevor
Bonot

Third
Mike
McCarville

Second
Jordan
Potts

Lead
Kurtis
Byrd

Games:	18
Record:	14W - 4L
PF/G:	8.59
PA/G:	5.23
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Efficiency:	0.45

Trevor Bonot (Thunder Bay, NO) won 8-1 over Dylan Johnston (Thunder Bay, NO) in the Final of the TBayTel Major League of Curling, held October 18 - January 17, 2024 at the Port Arthur Curling Club in Thunder Bay, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Bonot won 6-2 over Al Hackner (Thunder Bay, NO) in the semifinals of the 2023 TBayTel Major League of Curling in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada; and won 8-4 over Chris Silver (Thunder Bay, NO) in the quarterfinals.

Bonot finished 11-4 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bonot defeated Denis Malette (Thunder Bay, NO) 7-1, then won 7-3 against Johnston and 8-4 against Silver. Bonot went on to lose 6-5 against Hackner. Bonot responded with a 4-1 win over Jodi Judd (Thunder Bay, NO). Bonot won 5-0 against Krista McCarville (Thunder Bay, NO). Bonot went on to lose 8-4 against Robyn Despins (Thunder Bay, NO). Bonot responded with a 6-5 win over Brian Adams Jr. (Thunder Bay, NO). Bonot went on to lose 7-6 against Andrew Sinclair (Thunder Bay, NO). Bonot responded with a 6-5 win over Ben Mikkelsen (Thunder Bay, NO). Bonot won 5-3 against Bryan Burgess (Thunder Bay, NO). Bonot went on to lose 4-3 against Gary Weiss (Thunder Bay, NO). Bonot responded with a 8-3 win over Jackson Dubinsky (Thunder Bay, NO). Bonot won 6-5 against Zach Warkentin (Thunder Bay, NO), then won 8-5 against Ron Rosengren (Thunder Bay, NO) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the TBayTel Major League of Curling Championship title, Bonot earned 3.750 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 11 spots the World Ranking Standings into 112th place overall with 23.469 total points. Bonot ranks 105th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 18.875 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	39	18	0	0.684	10-6	5-1	5-6	0-2	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	434	344	250	7.93	5.76	2.17	4.75	3.80	1.67	1.52	1.45

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	211	234	56	38	5-0	22-2	41-12	1.11	0.27	0.39	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	223	110	194	25	2-2	7-6	17-51	0.49	0.87	0.53	0.33

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