Bale Runner-Up at 2017 KKP Classic

SKIP
Travis
Bale

Third
Andrew
Irving

Second
Geoff
Lang

Lead
Brad
Van Walleghem

Travis Bale (Winnipeg, MB) lost 5-3 to Dennis Bohn (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the KKP Classic, held September 28 - October 1, 2017 at the Fort Rouge Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Bale won 5-2 over Joey Witherspoon (Winnipeg, MB) to advance to the championship game. of the 2017 KKP Classic in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

Bale finished 3-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bale defeated Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB) 4-2, then won 5-4 against Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) and 5-4 against Tyler Drews (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the KKP Classic, Bale take home 15.143 world rankings points along with the $1,000CDN prize, moving up 21 spots the World Ranking Standings into 73rd place overall with 49.35 total points. Bale ranks 37th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 27.895 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

2020: Daniel Birchard
Daniel Birchard, Kelly Fordyce, Brody Moore, Andrew Peck
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Tanner Lott
Tanner Lott, Colton Lott, Kennedy Bird, Wade Ford
Winnipeg Beach, MB
2017: Dennis Bohn
Dennis Bohn, Neil Kitching, Kennedy Bird, Daniel Hunt
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Chang-Min Kim
Chang-Min Kim, Se-Hyeon Seong, Eun Soo Oh, Chi goo Kim
Uiseong, KOR
2015: Daley Peters
Daley Peters, Corey Chambers, Kody Janzen, Stuart Shiells
Winnipeg, MB

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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