CHAMPION: Smith Wins 2018 MCT Championships

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Riley
Smith

Third
Nick
Curtis

Second
Jared
Hancox

Lead
Trevor
Grenkow

Games:	4
Record:	4W - 0L
PF/G:	8.57
PA/G:	5.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

Riley Smith (Winnipeg, MB) won 7-2 over Ty Dilello (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the MCT Championships, held December 7 - 9, 2018 at the East St. Paul Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Smith won 8-6 over Corey Chambers (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2018 MCT Championships in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

Smith finished 2-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith defeated William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB) 4-3, then won 5-3 against Dilello in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the MCT Championships Championship title, Smith earned 24.609 world rankings points along with the $1,600CDN first prize cheque, moving up 10 spots the World Ranking Standings into 40th place overall with 112.575 total points. Smith ranks 35th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 93.940 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

2022: Steve Irwin
Steve Irwin, Travis Taylor, Travis Brooks, Travis Saban
Brandon, MB
2021: Ryan Wiebe
Ryan Wiebe, Ty Dilello, Sean Flatt, Adam Flatt , Tom Clasper
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Riley Smith
Riley Smith, Nick Curtis, Jared Hancox, Trevor Grenkow
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2016: David Bohn
David Bohn, Justin Richter, Tyler Forrest, Bryce J. McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2015: William Lyburn
William Lyburn, Jason Gunnlaugson, Richard Daneault, Braden Zawada
Winnipeg, MB
2014: David Bohn
David Bohn, Bryan Galbraith, Dennis Bohn, Larry Solomon
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Kelly Marnoch
William Kuran, Kelly Marnoch, Branden Jorgensen, Chris Cameron
Carberry, MB
2012: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Corey Chambers, Kody Janzen, Stuart Shiells
Winnipeg, MB
2011: William Lyburn
William Lyburn, James Kirkness, Alex Forrest, Greg Melnichuk
Winnipeg, MB
2009: Mike McEwen
William Lyburn, James Kirkness, Alex Forrest, Greg Melnichuk
Winnipeg, MB
2006: Don Spriggs
Don Spriggs, Dean Moxham, Barry Pugh, Dale Michie
Portage, MB
2006: Graham Freeman
Graham Freeman, Scott Ramsay, Cory Barkley, Dwayne Barkley
, MB

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