Frans Runner-Up at 2012 StuSells Toronto Tankard

SKIP
Joe
Frans

Third
Ryan
Werenich

Second
Jeff
Gorda

Lead
Shawn
Kaufman

Joe Frans (Bradford, ON) lost 6-2 to Jeff Stoughton (winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the StuSells Toronto Tankard, held October 5 - 8, 2012 in Toronto, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Frans won 5-3 over Ontario's Bryan Cochrane in the semifinals of the 2012 StuSells Toronto Tankard in Toronto, Ontario; and won 5-3 over Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2012 StuSells Toronto Tankard in Toronto, Ontario;

Frans finished 4-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Frans defeated Ontario's Bowie Abbis-Mills 4-3, then went on to lose 8-4 against John Epping (Toronto, ON). Frans responded with a 6-0 win over Robert Desjardins (Chicoutimi, PQ). Frans went on to lose 6-2 against Mike Anderson (Markham, ON). Frans responded with a 4-3 win over Martin Ferland (Trois-Rivieres, PQ). Frans won 6-2 against Glenn Howard (Coldwater, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the StuSells Toronto Tankard, Frans take home 25.000 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN prize, moving up 14 spots the World Ranking Standings into 25th place overall with 55.012 total points. Frans ranks 10th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 29.670 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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