CHAMPION: Marnoch Wins 2017 King Spud Classic

Fourth
Bart
Witherspoon

SKIP
Kelly
Marnoch

Second
Branden
Jorgensen

Lead
Chris
Cameron

Kelly Marnoch (Carberry, MB) won 8-7 over Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the King Spud Classic, held December 15 - 17, 2017 at the Carberry Curling Club in Carberry, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Marnoch won 7-3 over Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2017 King Spud Classic in Carberry, Manitoba, Canada; and won 4-3 over Jerry Chudley (Brandon, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 King Spud Classic in Carberry, Manitoba, Canada;

Marnoch finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Marnoch defeated Kyle Csversko (Neepawa, MB) 5-0, then went on to lose 5-2 against Steve Irwin (Brandon, MB). Marnoch responded with a 9-3 win over Richard Muntain (Pinawa, MB). Marnoch won 6-4 against Trevor Loreth (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the King Spud Classic Championship title, Marnoch earned 15.289 world rankings points along with the $2,500CDN first prize cheque, moving up 19 spots the World Ranking Standings into 96th place overall with 59.35 total points. Marnoch ranks 106th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 25.561 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

2018: Corey Chambers
Corey Chambers, Julien Leduc, Devon Wiebe, Stuart Shiells
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Kelly Marnoch
Bart Witherspoon, Kelly Marnoch, Branden Jorgensen, Chris Cameron
Carberry, MB
2008: Kelly Skinner
Bart Witherspoon, Kelly Marnoch, Branden Jorgensen, Chris Cameron
Hamiota, 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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