Grattan Runner-Up at 2022 St. Thomas Curling Classic

SKIP
James
Grattan

Third
Scott
McDonald

Second
Paul
Dobson

Lead
Andy
McCann

James Grattan (Oromocto, NB) lost 6-5 to John Willsey (Mississauga, ON) in the Final of the St. Thomas Curling Classic, held October 21 - 23, 2022 at the St. Thomas Curling Club in St. Thomas, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Grattan won 4-2 over Alex Champ (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON) in the semifinals of the 2022 St. Thomas Curling Classic in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada; and won 8-4 over Travis Fanset (St Thomas, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 St. Thomas Curling Classic in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada;

Grattan finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Grattan defeated Carter Bryant (Guelph , ON) 8-2, then went on to lose 6-4 against Champ. Grattan lost 10-9 to Jason Camm (Navan, ON) where Grattan responded with a 6-2 win over Jed Brundidge (St. Paul, MN). Grattan won 9-4 against Pat Ferris (Grimsby, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the St. Thomas Curling Classic, Grattan take home 13.750 world rankings points along with the $1,800CDN prize, moving up 8 spots the World Ranking Standings into 68th place overall with 55.971 total points. Grattan ranks 60th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 22.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	24	15	0	0.615	2-0	1-1	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	290	253	185	8.72	6.38	2.34	5.00	4.17	1.74	1.53	0.83

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	130	162	56	7	7-1	14-2	27-10	1.25	0.43	0.39	0.30

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	160	91	129	17	0-5	7-6	16-20	0.57	0.81	0.62	0.38

2022: John Willsey
John Willsey, Brady Lumley, Matthew Garner, Spencer Dunlop
Mississauga, ON
2016: Aaron Squires
Aaron Squires, Richard Krell, Russell Cuddie, Jonah Mondloch
St. Thomas, ON
2014: Brandon Corbett
Brandon Corbett, Derek Corbett, Paul Lyttle, Jared Wydysh
Rochester, NY
2013: Mike Jakubo
Mike Jakubo, Jordan Chandler, Sandy MacEwan, Lee Toner
Sudbury, ON
2012: Bowie Abbis-Mills
Bowie Abbis-Mills, Craig Van Ymeren, Ed Cyr, Shane Konings
Aylmer, ON
2011: Mike Anderson
Mike Anderson, Chris Van Huyse, Matt Mapletoft, Sean Harrison
Markham, ON
2010: Jim Lyle
Jim Lyle, Ken Baute, Ted Smith, Peter Hayman
St. Thomas, ON
2008: Axel Larsen
Jim Lyle, Ken Baute, Ted Smith, Peter Hayman
Guelph, ON
2007: Andrew Fairfull
Jim Lyle, Ken Baute, Ted Smith, Peter Hayman
Guelph, ON
2006: Rob Nixon
Rob Nixon, Jodie Hodgson, Robert Larmer, Brendan Burke
Guelph, 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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