CHAMPION: Sampson Wins 2024 Mother Club Fall Curling Classic

Chaska, Minnesota

SKIP
Ethan
Sampson

Third
Coleman
Thurston

Second
Jacob
Zeman

Lead
Marius
Kleinas

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	8.37
PA/G:	5.10
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN) won 3-2 over Riley Smith (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Mother Club Fall Curling Classic, held September 19 - 22, 2024 at the Granite Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Sampson won 7-6 over Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2024 Mother Club Fall Curling Classic in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; and won 5-4 over Chase Sinnett (Minneapolis, MN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 Mother Club Fall Curling Classic in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

Sampson finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sampson lost 6-4 to Hayden Forrester (Winnipeg, MB), then responded with a 6-3 win over Richard Dick (Winnipeg, MB). Sampson won 8-1 against Logan Ede (Saskatoon, SK), then won 8-3 against Jordan Peters (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Mother Club Fall Curling Classic Championship title, Sampson earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $1,700CDN first prize cheque. For week 8 of the event schedule, Sampson did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Sampson ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2024: Ethan Sampson
Ethan Sampson, Coleman Thurston, Jacob Zeman, Marius Kleinas
Chaska, MN
2023: Takumi Maeda
Takumi Maeda, Uryu Kamikawa, Hiroki Maeda, Asei Nakahara
Kitami, JPN
2022: Ryan Wiebe
Ryan Wiebe, Ty Dilello, Sean Flatt, Adam Flatt
Winnipeg, MB
2021: Riley Smith
Riley Smith, Nick Curtis, Jared Hancox, Justin Twiss, Josh Claeys
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Adam Casey, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Tanner Lott
Tanner Lott, Colton Lott, Kennedy Bird, Wade Ford
Winnipeg Beach, MB
2017: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2016: David Bohn
David Bohn, Justin Richter, Tyler Forrest, Bryce J. McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2015: David Bohn
David Bohn, Justin Richter, Tyler Forrest, Bryce J. McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Corey Chambers, Kody Janzen, Stuart Shiells
Winnipeg, MB

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