Richard Runner-Up at 2021 Kamloops Crown of Curling

Kelowna, British Columbia

SKIP
Jeff
Richard

Third
Brent
Pierce

Second
Jared
Kolomaya

Lead
Nicholas
Meister

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	9.77
PA/G:	6.28
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Jeff Richard (Kelowna, BC) lost 7-3 to Soo-Hyuk Kim (Uiseong, KOR) in the Final of the Kamloops Crown of Curling, held October 22 - 24, 2021 at the Kamloops Curling Club in Kamloops, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Richard won 7-3 over Connor Deane (New Westminster, BC) to advance to the championship game. of the 2021 Kamloops Crown of Curling in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada; of the 2021 Kamloops Crown of Curling in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada;

Richard finished 4-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Richard defeated Rob Nobert (Vernon, BC) 6-3, then won 7-5 against Sean Geall (New Westminster, BC) and 7-6 against Paul Cseke (Victoria, BC). Richard won 12-3 against Mitchell Kopytko (Kamloops, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Kamloops Crown of Curling, Richard take home 12.532 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN prize, moving up 28 spots the World Ranking Standings into 92nd place overall with 32.869 total points. Richard ranks 96th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.532 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	19	13	0	0.594	3-0	1-4	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	254	199	178	7.83	7.01	0.83	5.04	4.41	1.55	1.59	0.55

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	119	148	37	3	3-0	7-2	32-7	1.24	0.31	0.36	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	135	51	141	11	2-2	0-9	7-31	0.38	1.04	0.51	0.28

2023: Brent Pierce
Brent Pierce, Cody Johnston, Matthew McCrady, Nicholas Umbach
New Westminster, BC
2022: Hayato Sato
Go Aoki, Hayato Sato, Koki Ogiwara, Kazushi Niino, Ayato Sasaki, Takayuki Doi
Sapporo, JPN
2021: Soo-Hyuk Kim
Soo-Hyuk Kim, Chang-Min Kim, Jae Ik Jeon, Hak Kyun Kim , So Min Yoon
Uiseong, KOR
2019: Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe, Kosuke Aita
Kitami, JPN
2018: Sean Geall
Sean Geall, Jeff Richard, Andrew Nerpin, David Harper
Kelowna, BC
2016: Dean Joanisse
Dean Joanisse, Paul Cseke, Jay Wakefield, John Cullen
Maple Ridge, BC
2015: Sean Geall
Sean Geall, Andrew Bilesky, Steve Kopf, Mark Olson
New Westminster , BC
2014: Brent Pierce
Brent Pierce, Jeff Richard, Tyler Orme, David Harper
Kelowna , BC
2013: Grant Dezura
Kevin MacKenzie, Grant Dezura, Jamie Smith, Kevin Recksiedler
Kelowna, BC
2012: Brent Pierce
Brent Pierce, Jeff Richard, Kevin Recksiedler, Grant Dezura
New Westminster, BC
2011: Andrew Bilesky
Andrew Bilesky, Steve Kopf, Derek Errington, Aaron Watson
New Westminster , BC
2010: Jim Cotter
Jim Cotter, Ken Maskiewich, Kevin Folk, Rick Sawatsky
Vernon, BC
2009: Ted Appelman
Ted Appelman, Tom Appelman, Brandon Klassen, Brendan Melnyk, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2008: Rick Folk
Ted Appelman, Tom Appelman, Brandon Klassen, Brendan Melnyk, Don Bartlett
Kelowna, BC
2007: Bryan Miki
Ted Appelman, Tom Appelman, Brandon Klassen, Brendan Melnyk, Don Bartlett
New Westminster, BC
2006: Kerry Burtnyk
Kerry Burtnyk, Dan Kammerlock, Richard Daneault, Cory Naharnie
Winnipeg, MB
2005: Bert Gretzinger
Bert Gretzinger, Rob Koffski, Tom Shypitka, Dave Mellof
Kelowna, BC
2004: Bob Ursel
Bob Ursel, TJ Perepolkin, Brendan Willis, Lance McGinn
Kelowna, BC
2003: Bert Gretzinger
Bert Gretzinger, Rob Koffski, Mark Whittle, Dave Mellof
Kelowna, BC
2002: Mike Wood
Mike Wood
Victoria, BC
2001: Adrian Bakker
Adrian Bakker
Calgary, AB
2000: Dennis Graber
Dennis Graber, Ralph Brust, Stacey Coomber, Dan Lemieux
Beaver Lodge, AB
1999: Greg McAulay
Greg McAulay, Brent Pierce, Bryan Miki, Jody Sveistrup
Richmond, BC
1998: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Carter Rycroft
Edmonton, AB
1994: Al Hackner
Al Hackner, Randy Ferbey, Pat McCallum, Richie Yurko
Thunder Bay, ON
1992: Mickey Pendergast
Mickey Pendergast
Calgary, AB

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