CHAMPION: Blandford Wins 2013 McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic

Calgary, Alberta

SKIP
Matthew
Blandford

Third
Darren
Moulding

Second
Brent
Hamilton

Lead
Brad
Chyz

Games:	5
Record:	5W - 0L
PF/G:	11.67
PA/G:	6.11
Hammer Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Matthew Blandford (Calgary, AB) won 7-4 over Josh Lambden (Airdrie, AB) in the Final of the McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic, held October 25 - 27, 2013 at the Airdrie Curling Club in Airdrie, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Blandford won 8-4 over Bert Martin (Airdrie, AB) to advance to the championship game. of the 2013 McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic in Airdrie, Alberta, Canada; of the 2013 McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic in Airdrie, Alberta, Canada;

Blandford finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Blandford defeated Cam Culp (Airdrie, AB) 9-3, then won 10-8 against Bryan Hill (Calgary, AB) and 8-3 against Lambden in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the McKee Homes Fall Curling Classic Championship title, Blandford earned 2.500 world rankings points along with the $4,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 50th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 29.075 total points. Blandford ranks 32nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 17.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	30	19	0	0.612	7-4	9-8	3-3	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	385	284	258	7.38	6.70	0.68	4.49	4.49	1.64	1.49	1.01

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	187	223	58	17	5-0	15-2	46-14	1.19	0.31	0.39	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	198	61	200	22	1-0	3-13	9-41	0.31	1.01	0.59	0.22

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