CHAMPION: Menard Wins 2016 WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic

SKIP
Jean-Michel
Menard

Third
Martin
Crete

Second
Eric
Sylvain

Lead
Philippe
Menard

Jean-Michel Menard (Gatineau, QC) won 6-1 over James Grattan (Oromocto, NB) in the Final of the WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic, held December 2 - 4, 2016 at the Thistle St. Andrews Curling Club in Saint John, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Menard won 5-4 over Mike Kennedy (Moncton, NB) in the semifinals of the 2016 WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada; and won 8-3 over Wayne Tallon (Fredericton, NB) in the quarterfinals.

Menard finished 5-0 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Menard defeated Paul Dexter (Halifax, NS) 5-4, then won 4-2 against Glen MacLeod (Halifax, NS) and 9-5 against Paul Dobson (Saint John, NB). Menard won 8-5 against Jason Roach (Saint John, NB), then won 7-1 against Dave Sullivan (Saint John, NB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the WFG Jim Sullivan Curling Classic Championship title, Menard earned 17.861 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 6 spots the World Ranking Standings into 26th place overall with 202.873 total points. Menard ranks 41st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 67.507 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

2023: Nick Mosher
Nick Mosher, Sean Beland, Owen MacPherson, Aidan MacDonald
Halifax, NS
2022: Stuart Thompson
Stuart Thompson, Kendal Thompson, Colten Steele, Michael Brophy , John Newhook
Halifax, NS
2019: James Grattan
James Grattan, Chris Jeffrey, Andy McCann, Jamie Brannen, Paul Dobson
Oromocto, NB
2018: Kendal Thompson
Kendal Thompson, Bryce Everist, Chris MacRae, Michael Brophy
HALIFAX, NS
2017: Jamie Murphy
Jamie Murphy, Paul Flemming, Scott Saccary, Philip Crowell
Halifax, NS
2016: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau, QC
2015: Jamie Murphy
Jamie Murphy, Jordan Pinder, Scott Saccary, Philip Crowell
Halifax, NS
2014: Wayne Tallon
Wayne Tallon, Mike Kennedy, Mike Flannery, Wade Blanchard
Fredericton, NB

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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