CHAMPION: Bottcher Wins 2012 Red Deer Curling Classic

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Mick
Lizmore

Second
Bradley
Thiessen

Lead
Karrick
Martin

Games:	9
Record:	8W - 1L
PF/G:	9.48
PA/G:	4.31
Hammer Efficiency:	0.61
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.81
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) won 6-3 over Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Bottcher won 7-1 over Wade White (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2012 Red Deer Curling Classic in Red Deer, Alberta; and won 5-2 over Tom Appelman (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2012 Red Deer Curling Classic in Red Deer, Alberta;

Bottcher finished 5-1 in the 24 team Red Deer Curling Classic qualifying round, held November 2 - 5, 2012 in , . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated Rob Armitage (Red Deer, AB) 7-3, then went on to lose 5-4 against Joel Jordison (Moose Jaw, SK). Bottcher responded with a 5-1 win over Rick McKague (Edmonton, AB). Bottcher won 7-5 against Darren Moulding (Red Deer, AB), then won 7-4 against Sean O'Connor (Calgary, AB) and 7-1 against Matthew Blandford (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Red Deer Curling Classic Championship title, Bottcher earned 18.000 world rankings points along with the $9,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 14 spots the World Ranking Standings into 30th place overall with 52.105 total points. Bottcher ranks 22nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 29.650 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	8	1	0	0.889	4-1	4-0	0-1	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	58	55	25	9.48	4.31	5.17	5.34	3.62	1.77	1.19	1.03

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	24	39	6	1	2-0	3-0	9-1	1.63	0.25	0.61	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	34	16	19	5	0-0	0-0	3-3	0.47	0.56	0.81	0.38

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2018: Kody Hartung
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2017: Brendan Bottcher
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2016: Kevin Koe
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2015: Mick Lizmore
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2014: Josh Heidt
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2013: Brock Virtue
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2011: Jamie King
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2010: Jason Montgomery
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2007: Kurt Balderston
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2006: Jamie King
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2004: Mark Johnson
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2003: Tony Germsheid
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2002: Adrian Bakker
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2001: Blake MacDonald
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2000: James Pahl
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1999: Terry Meek
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1998: Brent MacDonald
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