Ainsley Reaches 2021 KW Fall Classic Quarters

Toronto, Ontario

SKIP
Rob
Ainsley

Third
Dave
Ellis

Second
Graeme
Robson

Lead
Darren
Karn

Games:	5
Record:	2W - 3L
PF/G:	7.37
PA/G:	8.95
Hammer Efficiency:	0.27
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.31
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

Rob Ainsley (Toronto, ON) qualified for the 2021 KW Fall Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-7 against Paul Moffatt (Kitchener, ON). of the 2021 KW Fall Classic in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada;

Ainsley finished 2-2 in the 15 team KW Fall Classic qualifying round, held September 16 - 19, 2021 at the K-W Granite Club in Waterloo, Canada. In their opening game, Ainsley lost 11-3 to Kyle Waddell (Glasgow , SCO), then responded with a 8-5 win over Alex Champ (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON). Ainsley went on to lose 6-5 against Moffatt. Ainsley responded with a 5-4 win over Nicholas Lemieux (St. Catharines, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Ainsley earned 10.799 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the KW Fall Classic, moving up 17 spots the World Ranking Standings into 65th place overall with 33.790 total points. Ainsley ranks 26th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.799 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	2	3	0	0.400	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	38	28	34	7.37	8.95	-1.58	4.47	4.47	1.65	2.00	1.05

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	16	16	5	1	0-0	1-0	3-1	1.00	0.31	0.27	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	22	12	29	3	1-1	1-4	1-4	0.55	1.32	0.31	0.27

2021: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle , Greg Drummond
Stirling, SCO
2020: Paul Moffatt
Paul Moffatt, Ben Shane, John Gabel, Kyle Forster
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2019: Yusuke Morozumi
Yusuke Morozumi, Masaki Iwai, Ryotaro Shukuya, Kosuke Morozumi
Nagano, JPN
2018: Alexey Timofeev
Alexey Timofeev, Alexey Stukalskiy, Artur Razhabov, Artem Shmakov, Sergei Glukhov
St. Petersburg, RUS
2017: Matthew Hall
Matthew Hall, Jeff Wanless, Joey Hart, David Hart
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2016: Richard Krell
Richard Krell, Evan Lilly, Jonah Mondloch, Robert Currie
Waterloo, ON
2015: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Jia Liang Zang, De Xin Ba, Xiao Ming Xu
Harbin, CHN
2014: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Brett Dekoning, Scott Brandon, Shane Konings
London, ON
2013: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Brett Dekoning, Connor Duhaime, Simon Barrick
London, ON
2012: Mark Kean
Mark Kean, Travis Fanset, Patrick Janssen, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2011: Rob Rumfeldt
Rob Rumfeldt, Adam Spencer, Scott Hodgson, Greg Robinson
Guelph, ON
2010: Greg Balsdon
Greg Balsdon, Chris Ciasnocha, Tyler Morgan, Jamie Farnell
Kingston, ON
2009: Dale Matchett
Dale Matchett, Ryan Werenich, Jeff Gorda, Shawn Kaufman
Bradford, ON
2008: Dale Matchett
Dale Matchett, Ryan Werenich, Jeff Gorda, Shawn Kaufman
Churchill, ON

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