CHAMPION: Tardi Wins 2021 Original 16 Tour Bonspiel

SKIP
Tyler
Tardi

Third
Sterling
Middleton

Second
Jason
Ginter

Lead
Jordan
Tardi

Tyler Tardi (Langley, BC) won 7-3 over Jeremy Harty (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the Original 16 Tour Bonspiel, held November 12 - 14, 2021 in Calgary, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Tardi won 5-4 over Aaron Sluchinski (Red Deer, AB) in the semifinals of the 2021 Original 16 Tour Bonspiel in Calgary, Alberta; and won 8-3 over Mark Watt (Perth, SCO) in the quarterfinals.

Tardi finished 2-2 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tardi lost 4-3 to Fredrik Nyman (SolletfeÃ¥, SWE), then responded with a 8-6 win over Jamie King (Calgary, AB). Tardi went on to lose 5-4 against Ryan Jacques (Edmonton, AB). Tardi responded with a 7-1 win over Bert Martin (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Original 16 Tour Bonspiel Championship title, Tardi earned 25.168 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN first prize cheque. Tardi move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 8.438 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 21st overall with 149.784 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Tardi ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 74.621 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	37	27	0	0.578	11-4	9-7	4-4	2-0	1-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	479	369	301	7.70	6.28	1.42	4.49	4.15	1.72	1.51	1.36

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	228	260	65	35	11-1	14-2	53-8	1.14	0.29	0.40	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	251	109	236	30	3-0	6-19	16-49	0.43	0.94	0.54	0.29

2023: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, Colton Flasch, Kevin Marsh, Daniel Marsh
Saskatoon, SK
2022: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle
Stirling, SCO
2021: Tyler Tardi
Tyler Tardi, Sterling Middleton, Jason Ginter, Jordan Tardi , Paul Tardi
Langley, BC
2019: Jeremy Harty
Jeremy Harty, Kyler Kleibrink, Joel Berger, Kurtis Goller
Calgary, AB
2018: Ted Appelman
Ted Appelman, Nathan Connolly, Shawn Donnelly, Adam Enright
Edmonton, AB
2017: Kurt Balderston
Kurt Balderston, Terry Meek, Rob Bucholz, Del Shaughnessy
Grande Prairie, AB
2016: Carl deConinck Smith
Carl deConinck Smith, Jeff Sharp, Matt Ryback, Mark Larsen
Saskatoon, SK
2015: Charley Thomas
Charley Thomas, Nathan Connolly, Brandon Klassen, DJ Kidby
Calgary, AB
2014: Brock Virtue
Brock Virtue, Charley Thomas, Brandon Klassen, DJ Kidby
Calgary, AB
2013: Chang-Min Kim
Chang-Min Kim, Min-Chan Kim, Se-Hyeon Seong, Young-Seon Seo, Eun Soo Oh
Uiseong, KOR
2012: Steve Petryk
Dan Petryk, Steve Petryk, Roland Robinson, Thomas Usselman
Calgary, AB
2011: Brock Virtue
Brock Virtue, JD Lind, Dominic Daemen, Matthew Ng
Calgary, AB
2010: Dean Ross
Dean Ross, Don DeLair, Chris Blackwell, Sean Morris
Calgary, AB

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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