CHAMPION: Gunnlaugson Wins 2019 Mother Club Fall Curling Classic

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Jason
Gunnlaugson

Third
Alex
Forrest

Second
Adam
Casey

Lead
Connor
Njegovan

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	10.00
PA/G:	3.26
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.61

Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB) won 5-4 over Tanner Horgan (Winnipeg Beach, MB) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Gunnlaugson won 5-4 over Ryan Wiebe (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2019 Mother Club Fall Curling Classic in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; and won 6-5 over Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals.

Gunnlaugson finished 4-0 in the 20 team Mother Club Fall Curling Classic qualifying round, held September 19 - 22, 2019 at the Granite Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. In their opening game, Gunnlaugson defeated Jacques Gauthier (Winnipeg , MB) 7-1, then won 11-0 against JT Ryan (Winnipeg , MB) and 7-0 against William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB). Gunnlaugson won 5-1 against Steen Sigurdson (Gimli, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Mother Club Fall Curling Classic Championship title, Gunnlaugson earned 33.514 world rankings points along with the $2,500CDN first prize cheque. Gunnlaugson move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 18.889 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 16th overall with 255.744 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Gunnlaugson ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 60.717 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	7	0	0	1.000	4-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	46	46	15	10.00	3.26	6.74	6.09	2.61	1.64	1.25	1.30

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	23	21	3	6	0-0	1-0	5-0	0.91	0.13	0.35	0.13

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	23	25	12	0	1-0	1-0	4-3	1.09	0.52	0.67	0.61

2021: Riley Smith
Riley Smith, Nick Curtis, Jared Hancox, Justin Twiss, Josh Claeys
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Adam Casey, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Tanner Lott
Tanner Lott, Colton Lott, Kennedy Bird, Wade Ford
Winnipeg Beach, 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: David Bohn
David Bohn, Justin Richter, Tyler Forrest, Bryce J. McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Corey Chambers, Kody Janzen, Stuart Shiells
Winnipeg, MB

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