CHAMPION: McDonald Wins 2013 KW Fall Classic

London, Ontario

SKIP
Scott
McDonald

Third
Brett
Dekoning

Second
Connor
Duhaime

Lead
Simon
Barrick

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	9.36
PA/G:	6.17
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.28
Force Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Scott McDonald (London, ON) won 8-2 over Ontario's Jake Walker in the Final of the KW Fall Classic, held September 26 - 29, 2013 in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, McDonald won 5-3 over Rob Rumfeldt (Guelph, ON) in the semifinals of the 2013 KW Fall Classic in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario; and won 6-5 over Aaron Squires (St. Thomas , ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2013 KW Fall Classic in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario;

McDonald finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McDonald defeated Ontario's Pat Ferris 7-6, then won 9-7 against Cory Heggestad (Orillia, ON) and 9-6 against Ontario's Dennis Moretto in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the KW Fall Classic Championship title, McDonald earned 4.500 world rankings points along with the $2,450CDN first prize cheque, moving up 77 spots the World Ranking Standings into 110th place overall with 6.854 total points. McDonald ranks 48th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	29	13	0	0.690	6-2	4-1	4-1	2-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	301	237	187	7.87	6.21	1.66	4.62	4.45	1.71	1.40	0.93

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	158	183	49	14	4-0	13-1	41-7	1.16	0.31	0.40	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	143	54	138	14	2-1	0-9	13-23	0.38	0.97	0.65	0.24

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