Boland Runner-Up at Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic

St. John's, Newfoundland / Labrador

SKIP
Adam
Boland

Third
Stephen
Trickett

Second
Zach
Young

Lead
Alex
Smith

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	7.84
PA/G:	9.80
Hammer Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Defense:	0.34
Force Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Efficiency:	0.18

Adam Boland (St. John's, NL) lost 10-1 to James Grattan (Oromocto, NB) in the Final of the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic, held November 12 - 16 at the Halifax Curling Club in Halifax, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Boland won 9-6 over Owen Purcell (Halifax, NS) in the semifinals of the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; and won 7-3 over Kendal Thompson (Halifax, NS) in the quarterfinals. of the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada;

Boland finished 2-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Boland defeated Brent MacDougall (Halifax, NS) 6-5, then went on to lose 6-2 against Calan MacIsaac (Truro, NS). Boland responded with a 10-9 win over Colten Steele (Fredericton, NB). Boland went on to lose 11-5 against Matthew Manuel (Halifax, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic, Boland take home 11.000 world rankings points along with the $5,500CDN prize. Boland move up 96 spots after posting a net gain of 10.263 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 127th overall with 14.672 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Boland ranks 110th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.463 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	10	9	0	0.526	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
2026	132	98	118	7.42	8.94	-1.52	4.47	4.70	1.66	1.90	0.83

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	63	72	35	3	2-1	5-1	18-7	1.14	0.56	0.42	0.37

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	69	26	83	8	0-4	0-9	4-13	0.38	1.20	0.33	0.32

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Montreal, QC
2022: John Epping
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Toronto, ON
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2020: Brad Gushue
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2019: Glenn Howard
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Penetanguishene, ON
2018: Scott Howard
Scott Howard, Adam Spencer, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishe, ON

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