CHAMPION: Cross Wins 2021 McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Warren
Cross

Third
Tyler
Pfeiffer

Second
Morgan
Van Doesburg

Lead
Mike
Lambert

Games:	5
Record:	5W - 0L
PF/G:	8.46
PA/G:	5.13
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Warren Cross (Edmonton, AB) won 9-4 over Colton Goller (Airdrie, AB) in the Final of the McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic, held October 8 - 11, 2021 at the Airdrie Curling Club in Airdrie, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Cross won 5-4 over Nathan Molberg (St. Albert, AB) to advance to the championship game. of the 2021 McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic in Airdrie, Alberta, Canada;

Cross finished 3-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Cross defeated Ryan Jacques (Edmonton, AB) 6-5, then won 6-5 against Goller and 7-2 against Cole Ector (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic Championship title, Cross earned 16.553 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 80 spots the World Ranking Standings into 100th place overall with 25.051 total points. Cross ranks 54th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 17.359 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: Xueqing Fei
Xueqing Fei, Tianqi Guan, Zhichao Li, Xingyin Xie, Jianjun Ye, Xiao Ming Xu
Beijing, CHN
2022: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Kurtis Goller, Glenn Venance, JD Lind
Edmonton, AB
2021: Warren Cross
Warren Cross, Tyler Pfeiffer, Morgan Van Doesburg, Mike Lambert
Edmonton, AB
2020: Ryan Jacques
Ryan Jacques, Desmond Young, Andrew Gittis, Gabriel Dyck
Edmonton, AB
2019: Jeremy Harty
Jeremy Harty, Kyler Kleibrink, Joel Berger, Kurtis Goller
Calgary, AB
2018: Jeremy Harty
Jeremy Harty, Kyler Kleibrink, Joel Berger, Kurtis Goller
,
2017: Kevin Park
Kevin Park, Shane Park, Robert Collins, Ben Savage
Edmonton, AB
2016: Glen Hansen
Glen Hansen, Dean Ross, Don Bartlett, George Parsons
Edmonton, AB
2015: Aaron Sluchinski
Aaron Sluchinski, Justin Sluchinski, Dylan Webster, Eric Richard
, AB
2014: Aaron Sluchinski
Aaron Sluchinski, Justin Sluchinski, Dylan Webster, Eric Richard
, AB
2013: Matthew Blandford
Matthew Blandford, Darren Moulding, Brent Hamilton, Brad Chyz
Calgary, AB

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