Saunders Runner-Up at 2016 Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel

SKIP
Scott
Saunders

Third
Mike
Myra

Second
Curt
Palmer

Lead
Glenn
Josephson

Scott Saunders (Halifax, NS) lost 4-3 to Doug MacKenzie (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel, held November 25 - 27, 2016 in Windsor, Nova Scotia. To advance to the championship game, Saunders won 5-4 over Nicholas Deagle (Halifax, NS) in the semifinals of the 2016 Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel in Windsor, Nova Scotia; and won 8-6 over Tony Moore (Halifax, NS) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel in Windsor, Nova Scotia;

Saunders finished 2-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Saunders lost 6-5 to Mike Callaghan (Halifax, NS), then responded with a 6-5 win over Robert Mayhew (Halifax, NS). Saunders won 6-4 against Jeremy Mallais (Moncton, NB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel, Saunders take home 7.537 world rankings points along with the $900CDN prize, moving up 274 spots the World Ranking Standings into 282nd place overall with 7.712 total points. Saunders ranks 194th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.537 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

2015: Stuart Thompson
Stuart Thompson, Colten Steele, Travis Colter, Alex MacNeil
Halifax, NS
2016: Doug MacKenzie
Doug MacKenzie, Richard Barker, Martin Gavin, Sean Audas
Halifax, NS
2017: Kendal Thompson
Kendal Thompson, Bryce Everist, Jamie Danbrook, Jared Brown
Halifax, NS

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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