CHAMPION: Calvert Wins 2021 Atkins Curling Supplies Classic

SKIP
Braden
Calvert

Third
Kyle
Kurz

Second
Ian
McMillan

Lead
Rob
Gordon

Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) won 6-1 over Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, MN) in the Final of the Atkins Curling Supplies Classic, held October 1 - 3, 2021 at the Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Calvert won 3-2 over Jordon McDonald (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2021 Atkins Curling Supplies Classic in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; and won 7-6 over Zachary Wasylik (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals.

Calvert finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Calvert defeated Jed Brundidge (East St. Paul, MN) 5-3, then won 5-3 against McDonald and 7-1 against Ty Dilello (Winnipeg, MB). Calvert won 7-4 against Corey Chambers (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Atkins Curling Supplies Classic Championship title, Calvert earned 29.793 world rankings points along with the $2,300CDN first prize cheque, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 16th place overall with 134.974 total points. Calvert ranks 5th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 48.961 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

2022: Zachary Wasylik
Zachary Wasylik, Jack Hykaway, Joshua Harding, Graham Normand
Winnipeg, MB
2021: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Kyle Kurz, Ian McMillan, Rob Gordon
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Kyle Kurz, Ian McMillan, Rob Gordon, Justin Richter
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Corey Chambers
Corey Chambers, Julien Leduc, Devon Wiebe, Stuart Shiells
Winnipeg, MB
2017: David Bohn
David Bohn, Justin Richter, Tyler Forrest, Bryce J. McEwen
Winnipeg, MB

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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