Ainsley4-3 at 2022 Stu Sells Toronto Tankard

SKIP
Rob
Ainsley

Third
Dave
Ellis

Second
Graeme
Robson

Lead
Darren
Karn

Rob Ainsley (Toronto, ON) finished 4-3 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ainsley defeated Jason Smith (Nashville, TN) 7-3, then went on to lose 5-3 against Yannick Schwaller (Geneva, SUI). Ainsley lost 7-2 to Mark Kean (Ottawa, ON) where Ainsley responded with a 5-4 win over Smith. Ainsley won 5-4 against Alex Champ (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON), then won 5-4 against Stuart Thompson (Halifax, NS). Ainsley went on to lose 8-4 against Magnus Ramsfjell (Lillehammer, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

Ainsley earned 8.250 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 24 spots the World Ranking Standings into 99th place overall with 28.227 total points. Ainsley ranks 95th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	15	14	0	0.517	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
2023	208	152	140	7.31	6.73	0.58	4.42	4.28	1.65	1.57	1.30

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	103	104	44	12	1-1	9-4	20-4	1.01	0.43	0.33	0.28

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	105	48	96	15	3-0	2-4	5-28	0.46	0.91	0.47	0.29

2023: Yusuke Morozumi
Yusuke Morozumi, Yuta Matsumura, Ryotaro Shukuya, Kosuke Morozumi, Masaki Iwai
Karuizawa, JPN
2022: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2021: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2020: John Epping
John Epping, Ryan Fry, Patrick Janssen, Brent Laing , Jim Wilson
Toronto, ON
2019: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NO
2018: Reid Carruthers
Mike McEwen, Reid Carruthers, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
, NL
2016: Mark Nichols
Mark Nichols, Adam Spencer, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2015: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Penetanguishene, ON
2012: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Reid Carruthers, Mark Nichols
winnipeg, MB
2011: Chris Gardner
Chris Gardner, Don Bowser, Brad Kidd, Simon Barrick
Ottawa, ON
2010: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON

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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