CHAMPION: Gushue Wins 2020 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic

SKIP
Brad
Gushue

Third
Mark
Nichols

Second
Brett
Gallant

Lead
Ryan
McNeil Lamswood

Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) won 6-2 over Matthew Manuel (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic, held November 12 - 15, 2020 at the Halifax Curling Club in Halifax, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Gushue won 5-4 over Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) in the semifinals of the 2020 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; and won 7-3 over Brent MacDougall (Halifax, NS) in the quarterfinals.

Gushue finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue defeated Greg Smith (St. John's, NL) 13-1, then won 6-3 against Trent Skanes (St. John's, NL) and 5-4 against James Grattan (Oromocto, NB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic Championship title, Gushue earned 0.000 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 13 of the event schedule, Gushue did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 3rd place on the World Ranking Standings with 395.747 total points. Gushue ranks 232nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 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: Felix Asselin
Felix Asselin, Martin Crete, Emile Asselin, Jean-Francois Trepanier
Montreal, QC
2022: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Scott Chadwick
Toronto, ON
2021: Stuart Thompson
Stuart Thompson, Kendal Thompson, Colten Steele, Michael Brophy
Halifax, NS
2020: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Ryan McNeil Lamswood
St. John's, NL
2019: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Scott Howard, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishene, ON
2018: Scott Howard
Scott Howard, Adam Spencer, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishe, ON

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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