Watt Reaches 2021 Original 16 Tour Bonspiel Quarters

SKIP
Mark
Watt

Third
Gregor
Cannon

Second
Blair
Haswell

Lead
Gavin
Barr

Mark Watt (Perth, SCO) qualified for the 2021 Original 16 Tour Bonspiel playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-3 against Tyler Tardi (Langley, BC).

Watt finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Watt lost 8-3 to Dale Goehring (Calgary , AB), then responded with a 6-4 win over Aaron Sluchinski (Red Deer, AB). Watt won 8-1 against Evan van Amsterdam (Calgary, AB), then won 9-1 against Kyler Kurina (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Watt earned 10.067 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Original 16 Tour Bonspiel, moving up 21 spots the World Ranking Standings into 97th place overall with 36.679 total points. Watt ranks 129th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.109 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	17	25	0	0.405	5-6	2-6	3-4	3-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	321	224	255	6.98	7.94	-0.97	4.27	4.61	1.64	1.72	1.12

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	171	173	77	22	3-2	14-6	35-11	1.01	0.45	0.35	0.28

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	150	51	178	14	0-4	2-15	11-36	0.34	1.19	0.45	0.24

2023: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, Colton Flasch, Kevin Marsh, Daniel Marsh
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2022: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle
Stirling, SCO
2021: Tyler Tardi
Tyler Tardi, Sterling Middleton, Jason Ginter, Jordan Tardi , Paul Tardi
Langley, BC
2019: Jeremy Harty
Jeremy Harty, Kyler Kleibrink, Joel Berger, Kurtis Goller
Calgary, AB
2018: Ted Appelman
Ted Appelman, Nathan Connolly, Shawn Donnelly, Adam Enright
Edmonton, AB
2017: Kurt Balderston
Kurt Balderston, Terry Meek, Rob Bucholz, Del Shaughnessy
Grande Prairie, AB
2016: Carl deConinck Smith
Carl deConinck Smith, Jeff Sharp, Matt Ryback, Mark Larsen
Saskatoon, SK
2015: Charley Thomas
Charley Thomas, Nathan Connolly, Brandon Klassen, DJ Kidby
Calgary, AB
2014: Brock Virtue
Brock Virtue, Charley Thomas, Brandon Klassen, DJ Kidby
Calgary, AB
2013: Chang-Min Kim
Chang-Min Kim, Min-Chan Kim, Se-Hyeon Seong, Young-Seon Seo, Eun Soo Oh
Uiseong, KOR
2012: Steve Petryk
Dan Petryk, Steve Petryk, Roland Robinson, Thomas Usselman
Calgary, AB
2011: Brock Virtue
Brock Virtue, JD Lind, Dominic Daemen, Matthew Ng
Calgary, AB
2010: Dean Ross
Dean Ross, Don DeLair, Chris Blackwell, Sean Morris
Calgary, AB

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