Champ3-4 at 2018 USports Men's Curling Championship

SKIP
Alex
Champ

Third
Ryan
Fayaz

Second
Jonathan
U

Lead
Eric
Fenech

Alex Champ (Toronto, ON) finished 3-4 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Champ defeated Drew Springer (Regina, SK) 8-2, then went on to lose 11-3 against Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB). Champ lost 9-7 to Eric Bradey (St. Catharines, ON). Champ lost 9-7 to Robert Mayhew (Halifax, NS) where Champ responded with a 7-5 win over JT Ryan (Winnipeg, MB). Champ went on to lose 6-5 against John Willsey (Waterloo, ON). Champ responded with a 7-4 win over Jack Smeltzer (Fredericton, NB) in their final qualifying round match.

Champ earned 0.619 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 12 spots the World Ranking Standings into 359th place overall with 6.426 total points. Champ ranks 478th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.619 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

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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