CHAMPION: Jacques Wins 2020 McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Ryan
Jacques

Third
Desmond
Young

Second
Andrew
Gittis

Lead
Gabriel
Dyck

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	8.43
PA/G:	5.10
Hammer Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Defense:	0.08
Force Efficiency:	0.65
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Ryan Jacques (Edmonton, AB) won 5-3 over Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic, held October 9 - 12, 2020 at the Airdrie Curling Club in Airdrie, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Jacques won 6-4 over Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB) in the semifinals of the 2020 McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic in Airdrie, Alberta, Canada; and won 7-0 over Bert Martin (Airdrie, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2020 McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic in Airdrie, Alberta, Canada;

Jacques finished 3-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jacques lost 7-6 to Tracy Steinke (Dawson Creek, BC), then responded with a 6-4 win over Jacob Libbus (Okotoks, AB). Jacques won 7-4 against Sluchinski, then won 6-4 against Evan van Amsterdam (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic Championship title, Jacques earned 0.000 world rankings points along with the $3,400CDN first prize cheque. For week 8 of the event schedule, Jacques did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Jacques ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

2023: Xueqing Fei
Xueqing Fei, Tianqi Guan, Zhichao Li, Xingyin Xie, Jianjun Ye, Xiao Ming Xu
Beijing, CHN
2022: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Kurtis Goller, Glenn Venance, JD Lind
Edmonton, AB
2021: Warren Cross
Warren Cross, Tyler Pfeiffer, Morgan Van Doesburg, Mike Lambert
Edmonton, AB
2020: Ryan Jacques
Ryan Jacques, Desmond Young, Andrew Gittis, Gabriel Dyck
Edmonton, AB
2019: Jeremy Harty
Jeremy Harty, Kyler Kleibrink, Joel Berger, Kurtis Goller
Calgary, AB
2018: Jeremy Harty
Jeremy Harty, Kyler Kleibrink, Joel Berger, Kurtis Goller
,
2017: Kevin Park
Kevin Park, Shane Park, Robert Collins, Ben Savage
Edmonton, AB
2016: Glen Hansen
Glen Hansen, Dean Ross, Don Bartlett, George Parsons
Edmonton, AB
2015: Aaron Sluchinski
Aaron Sluchinski, Justin Sluchinski, Dylan Webster, Eric Richard
, AB
2014: Aaron Sluchinski
Aaron Sluchinski, Justin Sluchinski, Dylan Webster, Eric Richard
, AB
2013: Matthew Blandford
Matthew Blandford, Darren Moulding, Brent Hamilton, Brad Chyz
Calgary, AB

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