Irwin Runner-Up at 2019 Thistle Integrity Stakes

Brandon, Manitoba

SKIP
Steve
Irwin

Third
Travis
Taylor

Second
Travis
Brooks

Lead
Travis
Saban

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	9.12
PA/G:	4.71
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.06
Force Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Efficiency:	0.31

Steve Irwin (Brandon, MB) lost 6-5 to Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final Advancing directly to the semifinals, Irwin won 5-4 over Jacques Gauthier (Winnipeg , MB) to advance to the championship game. of the 2019 Thistle Integrity Stakes in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

Irwin finished 3-0 in the 15 team Thistle Integrity Stakes qualifying round, held November 29 - December 2, 2019 at the Thistle Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. In their opening game, Irwin defeated Ryan Hyde (Portage la Prairie, MB) 4-2, then won 9-4 against Ty Dilello (Winnipeg, MB) and 8-0 against Richard Muntain (Pinawa, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Thistle Integrity Stakes, Irwin take home 12.397 world rankings points along with the $900CDN prize. Irwin move up 12 spots after posting a net gain of 8.264 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 98th overall with 48.262 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Irwin ranks 102nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 27.598 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	4	1	0	0.800	0-0	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	34	31	16	9.12	4.71	4.41	5.00	2.94	1.82	1.60	2.06

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	18	20	1	5	0-0	2-0	4-0	1.11	0.06	0.46	0.06

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	16	11	15	2	1-0	1-1	0-4	0.69	0.94	0.44	0.31

2019: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Tyler Drews, Daryl Evans, Rodney Legault
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Kyle Kurz, Ian McMillan, Robbie Gordon
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Andrew Hunt
Andrew Hunt, Dillon Bednarek, Mitch Einarson, Bryan Galbraith
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Trevor Loreth
Brad Haight, Trevor Loreth, Ryan Lowdon, Brett Cawson
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Corey Chambers, Kody Janzen, Stuart Shiells
Winnipeg, MB
2006: Randy Neufeld
Randy Neufeld, Corey Anderson, Rick Cramer, Scott Podolski
, MB
2005: Peter Nicholls
Peter Nicholls, Dean Dunstone, Travis Graham, Wayne Sigurdson
Winnipeg, MB
2004: Dennis Bohn
David Bohn, Dennis Bohn, Bryan Galbraith, Cory Wolchuk
Winnipeg, MB

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