CHAMPION: Thompson Wins 2015 Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel

Halifax, Nova Scotia

SKIP
Stuart
Thompson

Third
Colten
Steele

Second
Travis
Colter

Lead
Alex
MacNeil

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	9.74
PA/G:	5.13
Hammer Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Stuart Thompson (Halifax, NS) won 6-2 over Nicholas Deagle (Bridgewater, NS) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Thompson won 8-7 over Alan O'Leary (Dartmouth, NS) in the semifinals of the 2015 Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel in Windsor, Nova Scotia; and won 7-1 over Richard Barker (Windsor, NS) in the quarterfinals. of the 2015 Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel in Windsor, Nova Scotia;

Thompson finished 2-1 in the 12 team Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel qualifying round, held November 27 - 29, 2015 in , . In their opening game, Thompson lost 5-4 to Paul Dexter (Halifax, NS), then responded with a 7-4 win over Nick Hilton (Yarmouth, NS). Thompson won 6-1 against Trevor Archibald (Kentville, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel Championship title, Thompson earned 11.456 world rankings points along with the $1,500CDN first prize cheque, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 68th place overall with 68.188 total points. Thompson ranks 59th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 46.757 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	5	1	0	0.833	1-0	2-0	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	39	38	20	9.74	5.13	4.62	4.87	3.33	2.00	1.54	1.79

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	17	26	3	2	1-0	2-0	7-0	1.53	0.18	0.67	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	22	12	17	5	0-1	1-0	3-4	0.55	0.77	0.50	0.32

2015: Stuart Thompson
Stuart Thompson, Colten Steele, Travis Colter, Alex MacNeil
Halifax, NS
2016: Doug MacKenzie
Doug MacKenzie, Richard Barker, Martin Gavin, Sean Audas
Halifax, NS
2017: Kendal Thompson
Kendal Thompson, Bryce Everist, Jamie Danbrook, Jared Brown
Halifax, NS

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