Norton2-1 at 2018 West City Honda Mens Curling Classic

SKIP
Gord
Norton

Third
Warren
Leslie

Second
Rob
Thompson

Lead
Gary
Downs

Gord Norton (Ajax, ON) finished 2-1 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Norton defeated Paul Aitken (Cobourg, ON) 8-5, then went on to lose 7-4 against Dave Collyer (Belleville, ON). Norton responded with a 7-3 win over 's Chris Wimmer in their final qualifying round match.

Norton earned 1.578 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 239 spots the World Ranking Standings into 398th place overall with 1.578 total points. Norton ranks 268th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.578 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

2018: Jeffrey Stewart
Jeffrey Stewart, Matthew Kennerknecht, Benoit Vezeau, Jon Spring
Montreal, QC
2017: Dave Collyer
Dave Collyer, Bryce Rowe, Ryan Ward, Bill Leitch
Belleville, ON
2016: Jeff Clark
Jeff Clark, Todd Jones, Chuck Gaudette, Brian Sheehan
Cobourg, ON
2008: Robert Dickson
Jeff Clark, Todd Jones, Chuck Gaudette, Brian Sheehan
Tweed, ON
2007: Robert Dickson
Jeff Clark, Todd Jones, Chuck Gaudette, Brian Sheehan
Napanee, ON
2006: Brian Suddard
Brian Suddard
Oshawa, ON
2005: Bill Hope
Bill Hope, Jason Hope, Scott Clarence, Scott Kerr
Trenton, ON
2004: John Collins
John Collins, Dave Collyer, Thor Parker, Bill Leitch
Belleville, ON

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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