Calvert Runner-Up at 2016 Ken Kurbis Galaxy Bonspiel

SKIP
Braden
Calvert

Third
Kyle
Kurz

Second
Lucas
Van Den Bosch

Lead
Brendan
Wilson

Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) lost 6-5 to Trevor Loreth (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Ken Kurbis Galaxy Bonspiel, held November 4 - 7, 2016 at the Rossmere Golf and Country Club in Winnipeg, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Calvert won 6-3 over Dennis Bohn (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2016 Ken Kurbis Galaxy Bonspiel in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; and won 6-2 over Al Hackner (Thunder Bay, NONT) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Ken Kurbis Galaxy Bonspiel in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

Calvert finished 5-2 in the 30-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Calvert defeated Evan Workin (Fargo, ND) 7-1, then went on to lose 6-3 against Hackner. Calvert responded with a 6-2 win over Taylor McIntyre (Winnipeg, MB). Calvert won 5-1 against Michael Johnson (Winnipeg, MB). Calvert went on to lose 7-6 against Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB). Calvert responded with a 1-0 win over Andrew Wickman (Winnipeg, MB). Calvert won 1-0 against Derek Oryniak (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Ken Kurbis Galaxy Bonspiel, Calvert take home 19.360 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN prize, moving up 12 spots the World Ranking Standings into 68th place overall with 72.183 total points. Calvert ranks 29th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 60.211 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

2004: Richard Muntain
Richard Muntain, Lionel Chartrand, Vic Bellay, Danny Mondor
Winnipeg, MB
2005: Randy Neufeld
Randy Neufeld
,
2006: Vic Peters
Vic Peters, Daley Peters, Chris Neufeld, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg,
2015: Daley Peters
Daley Peters, Corey Chambers, Kody Janzen, Stuart Shiells
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Trevor Loreth
Brad Haight, Trevor Loreth, Ryan Lowdon, Brett Cawson
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Dennis Bohn
Dennis Bohn, Neil Kitching, Kennedy Bird, Daniel Hunt
Winnipeg, MB

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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