CHAMPION: Meek Wins 2021 Alberta Curling Series: Thistle

SKIP
Terry
Meek

Third
Ralph
Brust

Second
Greg
Northcott

Lead
Peter
Innes

Terry Meek (Calgary, AB) won 7-6 over Parker Konschuh (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the Alberta Curling Series: Thistle, held October 22 - 24, 2021 in Edmonton, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Meek won 5-4 over Evan van Amsterdam (Calgary, AB) in the semifinals of the 2021 Alberta Curling Series: Thistle in Edmonton, Alberta;

Meek finished 3-1 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Meek defeated Daylan Vavrek (Edmonton, AB) 7-1, then won 6-1 against Ryan Jacques (Edmonton, AB). Meek went on to lose 9-5 against Ryan Parent (Edmonton, AB). Meek responded with a 6-3 win over Jacob Libbus (Okotoks, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Alberta Curling Series: Thistle Championship title, Meek earned 16.342 world rankings points along with the $2,057CDN first prize cheque, moving up 75 spots the World Ranking Standings into 108th place overall with 26.383 total points. Meek ranks 74th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 16.342 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

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