CHAMPION: Dunstone Wins 2025 Astec Safety Challenge

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Matt
Dunstone

Third
Colton
Lott

Second
E.J.
Harnden

Lead
Ryan
Harnden

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	11.05
PA/G:	4.47
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.56

Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) won 7-2 over Mike McEwen (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final of the Astec Safety Challenge, held January 8 - 11, 2025 at the Lloydminster Curling Club in Lloydminster, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Dunstone won 7-6 over Niklas Edin (Karlstad , SWE) in the semifinals of the 2025 Astec Safety Challenge in Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada; and won 6-5 over Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2025 Astec Safety Challenge in Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada;

Dunstone finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dunstone defeated Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) 6-3, then won 8-0 against Joel Retornaz (Cembra, ITA) and 8-1 against Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Astec Safety Challenge Championship title, Dunstone earned 52.500 world rankings points along with the $35,000CDN first prize cheque. Dunstone move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 31.5 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 3rd overall with 337.781 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Dunstone ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 271.875 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	59	22	0	0.728	6-1	4-2	1-0	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	600	491	337	8.18	5.62	2.57	4.75	3.70	1.72	1.52	1.55

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	303	377	59	56	11-0	24-4	85-9	1.24	0.19	0.49	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	297	114	278	37	4-1	5-16	12-63	0.38	0.94	0.56	0.27

2025: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Colton Lott, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Winnipeg, MB
2024: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Tyler Tardi, Jacques Gauthier, Karrick Martin
Calgary, AB
2008: Kevin Martin
Kevin Koe, Tyler Tardi, Jacques Gauthier, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2007: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Ryan Fry, Rob Fowler, Steve Gould
Winnipeg, MB
2006: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Jon Mead, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2005: Mark Johnson
Mark Johnson, Rob Bucholz, Glen Kennedy, Nolan Thiessen
Edmonton, AB
2004: Pat Ryan
Pat Ryan, Jim Cotter, Kevin MacKenzie, Rick Sawatsky
Kelowna, BC
2003: John Morris
John Morris, Shane Park, Marc Kennedy, Paul Moffatt
Calgary, AB
2002: Glen Despins
Glen Despins, Rod Montgomery, Phillip Germain, Dwayne Mihalicz
Strongfield, SK
2001: Andreas Schwaller
Andreas Schwaller
, SUI
2000: Rob Ewen
Andreas Schwaller
, SK
1999: Bert Gretzinger
Bert Gretzinger, Bob Ursel, Mark Whittle, Dave Mellof
, BC
1998: Bruce Korte
Bruce Korte, Darrell McKee, Roger Korte, Rory Golanowski
Saskatoon, SK
1997: Doug Walker
Bruce Korte, Darrell McKee, Roger Korte, Rory Golanowski
Beaumont, AB
1995: Lowell Peterman
Lowell Peterman, Trevor Sparks, Kelly Row, Peter Innes
Red Deer, AB
1994: Ed Lukowich
Ed Lukowich, John Ferguson, Dan Petryk, Steve Petryk
Calgary, AB

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