Mulima Reaches 2023 KW Fall Classic Quarters

Kitchener/Waterloo, Ontario

SKIP
Kibo
Mulima

Third
Owen
Henry

Second
Kyle
Stratton

Lead
Matthew
Duizer

Games:	8
Record:	5W - 3L
PF/G:	7.92
PA/G:	6.98
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.31
Force Efficiency:	0.27
Steal Efficiency:	0.42

Kibo Mulima (Kitchener/Waterloo, ON) qualified for the 2023 KW Fall Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-2 against Felix Asselin (Montreal, QC). of the 2023 KW Fall Classic in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada;

Mulima finished 5-2 in the 19-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Mulima defeated Fraser Reid (Waterloo, ON) 7-3, then went on to lose 8-1 against James Craik (Forfar, SCO). Mulima lost 9-5 to Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA) where Mulima responded with a 6-1 win over Reid. Mulima won 6-4 against Mark Kean (Woodstock, ON), then won 6-4 against Rob Ainsley (Toronto, ON) and 9-2 against Michael Fournier (Toronto, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Mulima earned 9.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the KW Fall Classic, moving up 54 spots the World Ranking Standings into 131st place overall with 21.469 total points. Mulima ranks 52nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 9.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	19	13	0	0.594	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	237	202	152	8.52	6.41	2.11	4.73	4.01	1.80	1.60	1.27

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	117	134	51	15	6-2	8-3	29-5	1.15	0.44	0.42	0.29

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	120	68	101	15	1-1	4-10	13-17	0.57	0.84	0.54	0.37

2023: Alex Champ
Alex Champ, Charlie Richard, DJ Ronaldson, Scott Clinton
Toronto, ON
2022: Michael Fournier
Michael Fournier, Kevin Flewwelling, Sean Harrison, Zander Elmes
Toronto, ON
2021: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle , Greg Drummond
Stirling, SCO
2020: Paul Moffatt
Paul Moffatt, Ben Shane, John Gabel, Kyle Forster
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2019: Yusuke Morozumi
Yusuke Morozumi, Masaki Iwai, Ryotaro Shukuya, Kosuke Morozumi
Nagano, JPN
2018: Alexey Timofeev
Alexey Timofeev, Alexey Stukalskiy, Artur Razhabov, Artem Shmakov, Sergei Glukhov
St. Petersburg, RUS
2017: Matthew Hall
Matthew Hall, Jeff Wanless, Joey Hart, David Hart
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2016: Richard Krell
Richard Krell, Evan Lilly, Jonah Mondloch, Robert Currie
Waterloo, ON
2015: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Jia Liang Zang, De Xin Ba, Xiao Ming Xu
Harbin, CHN
2014: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Brett Dekoning, Scott Brandon, Shane Konings
London, ON
2013: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Brett Dekoning, Connor Duhaime, Simon Barrick
London, ON
2012: Mark Kean
Mark Kean, Travis Fanset, Patrick Janssen, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2011: Rob Rumfeldt
Rob Rumfeldt, Adam Spencer, Scott Hodgson, Greg Robinson
Guelph, ON
2010: Greg Balsdon
Greg Balsdon, Chris Ciasnocha, Tyler Morgan, Jamie Farnell
Kingston, ON
2009: Dale Matchett
Dale Matchett, Ryan Werenich, Jeff Gorda, Shawn Kaufman
Bradford, ON
2008: Dale Matchett
Dale Matchett, Ryan Werenich, Jeff Gorda, Shawn Kaufman
Churchill, ON

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