CHAMPION: Lyburn Wins 2017 Brandon Mens Bonspiel

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
William
Lyburn

Third
Jared
Kolomaya

Second
Richard
Daneault

Lead
Braden
Zawada

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	27.50
PA/G:	15.00
Hammer Efficiency:	1.00
Steal Defense:	0.00
Force Efficiency:	0.17
Steal Efficiency:	0.00

William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB) won 4-3 over Steve Irwin (Brandon, MB) in the Final of the Brandon Mens Bonspiel, held January 13 - 15, 2017 in Brandon, Manitoba. To advance to the championship game, Lyburn won 7-6 over Kelly Marnoch (Carberry, MB) in the semifinals of the 2017 Brandon Mens Bonspiel in Brandon, Manitoba; and won 4-3 over Glen Parrott (Brandon, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 Brandon Mens Bonspiel in Brandon, Manitoba;

Lyburn finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Lyburn defeated Kyle McCannell (Winnipeg, MB) 8-1, then won 5-2 against Ryan Hyde (Portage la Prairie, MB) and 5-3 against Irwin in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Brandon Mens Bonspiel Championship title, Lyburn earned 13.994 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque. Lyburn move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 9.857 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 20th overall with 265.709 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Lyburn ranks 23rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 129.666 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

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