Thompson Runner-Up at 2023 Mile Zero Cash Spiel

Kamloops, British Columbia

SKIP
Brad
Thompson

Third
Adam
Windsor

Second
Matt
Whiteford

Lead
Bryce
Laufer

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	10.79
PA/G:	6.84
Hammer Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.46

Brad Thompson (Kamloops, BC) lost 9-5 to Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) in the Final of the Mile Zero Cash Spiel, held November 24 - 26, 2023 at the Dawson Creek Curling Club in Dawson Creek, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Thompson won 9-2 over Darrel Veiner (Grande Prairie, AB) to advance to the championship game. of the 2023 Mile Zero Cash Spiel in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada; of the 2023 Mile Zero Cash Spiel in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada;

Thompson finished 4-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Thompson defeated Colin Griffith (Grande Prairie, AB) 7-3, then won 7-6 against Jeff Ginter (Dawson Creek, BC) and 7-1 against Ryan Norman (Grande Prairie, AB). Thompson won 6-5 against Scott Webb (Grande Prairie, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Mile Zero Cash Spiel, Thompson take home 8.250 world rankings points along with the $3,500CDN prize. For week 18 of the event schedule, Thompson did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Thompson ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	7	10	0	0.412	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
2024	119	97	107	8.15	8.99	-0.84	4.37	4.96	1.87	1.81	0.67

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	57	68	32	1	3-0	6-2	10-8	1.19	0.56	0.34	0.35

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	62	29	75	7	1-4	2-6	6-11	0.47	1.21	0.46	0.26

2023: Kohsuke Hirata
Kohsuke Hirata, Shingo Usui, Ryota Meguro, Yoshiya Miura
Kitami, JPN
2022: Yusuke Morozumi
Yusuke Morozumi, Yuta Matsumura, Ryotaro Shukuya, Kosuke Morozumi, Masaki Iwai
Karuizawa, JPN
2021: Graham Powell
Graham Powell, Kelsey Dusseault, Ken Powell, Marc Boisvert
Grande Prairie, AB

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