CHAMPION: Balderston Wins 2017 Original 16 WCT Bonspiel

SKIP
Kurt
Balderston

Third
Terry
Meek

Second
Rob
Bucholz

Lead
Del
Shaughnessy

Kurt Balderston (Grande Prairie, AB) won 8-7 over Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, SCO) in the Final of the Original 16 WCT Bonspiel, held November 10 - 12, 2017 in Calgary, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Balderston won 5-4 over Stuart Thompson (Dartmouth, NS) in the semifinals of the 2017 Original 16 WCT Bonspiel in Calgary, Alberta; and won 8-2 over Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 Original 16 WCT Bonspiel in Calgary, Alberta;

Balderston finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balderston defeated Stefan Staehli (Bern, SUI) 8-5, then won 9-5 against Carl deConinck Smith (Rosetown, SK) and 6-2 against Daylan Vavrek (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Original 16 WCT Bonspiel Championship title, Balderston earned 31.804 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 14 of the event schedule, Balderston did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 651st place on the World Ranking Standings with 0 total points. Balderston ranks 545th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 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: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, Colton Flasch, Kevin Marsh, Daniel Marsh
Saskatoon, SK
2022: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle
Stirling, SCO
2021: Tyler Tardi
Tyler Tardi, Sterling Middleton, Jason Ginter, Jordan Tardi , Paul Tardi
Langley, BC
2019: Jeremy Harty
Jeremy Harty, Kyler Kleibrink, Joel Berger, Kurtis Goller
Calgary, AB
2018: Ted Appelman
Ted Appelman, Nathan Connolly, Shawn Donnelly, Adam Enright
Edmonton, AB
2017: Kurt Balderston
Kurt Balderston, Terry Meek, Rob Bucholz, Del Shaughnessy
Grande Prairie, AB
2016: Carl deConinck Smith
Carl deConinck Smith, Jeff Sharp, Matt Ryback, Mark Larsen
Saskatoon, SK
2015: Charley Thomas
Charley Thomas, Nathan Connolly, Brandon Klassen, DJ Kidby
Calgary, AB
2014: Brock Virtue
Brock Virtue, Charley Thomas, Brandon Klassen, DJ Kidby
Calgary, AB
2013: Chang-Min Kim
Chang-Min Kim, Min-Chan Kim, Se-Hyeon Seong, Young-Seon Seo, Eun Soo Oh
Uiseong, KOR
2012: Steve Petryk
Dan Petryk, Steve Petryk, Roland Robinson, Thomas Usselman
Calgary, AB
2011: Brock Virtue
Brock Virtue, JD Lind, Dominic Daemen, Matthew Ng
Calgary, AB
2010: Dean Ross
Dean Ross, Don DeLair, Chris Blackwell, Sean Morris
Calgary, AB

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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