Willsey5-2 at 2018 USports Men's Curling Championship

SKIP
John
Willsey

Third
Robert
Currie

Second
Zander
Elmes

Lead
Cameron
Blair

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

Willsey earned 2.475 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the USports Men's Curling Championship, moving up 29 spots the World Ranking Standings into 274th place overall with 11.795 total points. Willsey ranks 360th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.475 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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