Hall Reaches KW Fall Classic Quarters

Kitchener, Ontario

SKIP
Matthew
Hall

Third
Alex
Champ

Second
Terry
Arnold

Lead
Scott
Clinton

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	7.78
PA/G:	7.33
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.32
Force Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Efficiency:	0.13

Matthew Hall (Kitchener, ON) qualified for the KW Fall Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-2 against Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO). of the KW Fall Classic in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada;

Hall finished 3-2 in the 18 team KW Fall Classic qualifying round, held September 19 - 22 at the K-W Granite Club in Waterloo, Canada. In their opening game, Hall lost 9-5 to Jacob Horgan (Sudbury, NONT), then responded with a 4-3 win over Tyler Stewart (Waterloo, ON). Hall went on to lose 10-7 against Yusuke Morozumi (Nagano, JPN). Hall responded with a 5-4 win over Richard Krell (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON). Hall won 12-2 against Sam Mooibroek (Cambridge, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Hall earned 10.776 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the KW Fall Classic. Hall move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 8.432 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 63rd overall with 70.453 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Hall ranks 49th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 14.332 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	3	3	0	0.500	2-1	1-1	2-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	45	35	33	7.78	7.33	0.44	3.56	4.67	2.19	1.57	1.78

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	22	24	11	2	0-0	2-2	7-0	1.09	0.50	0.45	0.32

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	23	11	22	6	1-0	1-2	1-4	0.48	0.96	0.57	0.13

2019: Yusuke Morozumi
Yusuke Morozumi, Masaki Iwai, Ryotaro Shukuya, Kosuke Morozumi
Nagano, JPN
2018: Alexey Timofeev
Alexey Timofeev, Alexey Stukalskiy, Artur Razhabov, Artem Shmakov, Sergei Glukhov
St. Petersburg, RUS
2017: Matthew Hall
Matthew Hall, Jeff Wanless, Joey Hart, David Hart
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2016: Richard Krell
Richard Krell, Evan Lilly, Jonah Mondloch, Robert Currie
Waterloo, ON
2015: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Jia Liang Zang, De Xin Ba, Xiao Ming Xu
Harbin, CHN
2014: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Brett Dekoning, Scott Brandon, Shane Konings
London, ON
2013: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Brett Dekoning, Connor Duhaime, Simon Barrick
London, ON
2012: Mark Kean
Mark Kean, Travis Fanset, Patrick Janssen, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2011: Rob Rumfeldt
Rob Rumfeldt, Adam Spencer, Scott Hodgson, Greg Robinson
Guelph, ON
2010: Greg Balsdon
Greg Balsdon, Chris Ciasnocha, Tyler Morgan, Jamie Farnell
Kingston, ON
2009: Dale Matchett
Dale Matchett, Ryan Werenich, Jeff Gorda, Shawn Kaufman
Bradford, ON
2008: Dale Matchett
Dale Matchett, Ryan Werenich, Jeff Gorda, Shawn Kaufman
Churchill, ON

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