CHAMPION: Pierce Wins 2023 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic

New Westminster, British Columbia

SKIP
Brent
Pierce

Third
Cody
Johnston

Second
Matthew
McCrady

Lead
Nicholas
Umbach

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	11.78
PA/G:	4.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Efficiency:	0.48

Brent Pierce (New Westminster, BC) won 8-1 over Catlin Schneider (Victoria, BC) in the Final of the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic, held September 29 - October 1, 2023 at the Vernon Curling Club in Vernon, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Pierce won 9-0 over Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2023 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada; and won 6-2 over Jongduk Park (Gangwon, KOR) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada;

Pierce finished 4-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pierce defeated Schneider 7-3, then won 10-6 against Park and 6-3 against Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN). Pierce won 7-3 against Tyler Orme (Vernon, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic Championship title, Pierce earned 18.750 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN first prize cheque. Pierce move up 34 spots after posting a net gain of 10.982 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 79th overall with 42.055 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Pierce ranks 47th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 18.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	26	12	0	0.684	4-0	4-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	289	246	182	8.51	6.30	2.21	5.02	3.84	1.70	1.64	1.14

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	139	172	31	17	5-0	11-1	37-5	1.24	0.22	0.43	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	150	74	151	16	2-5	4-10	11-28	0.49	1.01	0.51	0.31

2023: Brent Pierce
Brent Pierce, Cody Johnston, Matthew McCrady, Nicholas Umbach
New Westminster, BC
2022: Riku Yanagisawa
Riku Yanagisawa, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Takeru Yamamoto, Satoshi Koizumi
Karuizawa, JPN
2019: Tyler Tardi
Tyler Tardi, Sterling Middleton, Jordan Tardi, Alex Horvath
Surrey, BC
2018: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Braeden Moskowy, Catlin Schneider, Dustin Kidby
Regina, SK
2017: Jeff Guignard
Jeff Guignard, Daniel Wenzek, Chris Faa, Nicholas Meister, Jeff Sargent
Vancouver, BC
2016: Tyler Tardi
Tyler Tardi, Sterling Middleton, Jordan Tardi, Nicholas Meister , Paul Tardi
Langley, BC
2015: Pat Simmons
Pat Simmons, John Morris, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Calgary, AB
2014: Grant Dezura
Kevin MacKenzie, Grant Dezura, Jamie Smith, Kevin Recksiedler
Maple Ridge, BC
2013: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Calgary, AB
2012: Jim Cotter
Jim Cotter, Jason Gunnlaugson, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
Kelowna/Vernon, BC
2011: Robert Schlender
Robert Schlender, Chris Lemishka, Don Bartlett, Darcy Hafso
Edmonton, AB
2010: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Blake MacDonald, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Edmonton, AB
2009: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Blake MacDonald, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Edmonton, AB
2008: Bob Ursel
Jim Cotter, Bob Ursel, Kevin Folk, Rick Sawatsky
Kelowna, BC
2007: Bob Ursel
Jim Cotter, Bob Ursel, Kevin Folk, Rick Sawatsky
Kelowna, BC
2006: Brent Pierce
Brent Pierce, Bryan Miki, Andrew Bilesky, Brendan Willis, Jay Batch
New Westminster, BC
2005: Bob Ursel
Bob Ursel, TJ Perepolkin, Brendan Willis, Lance McGinn
Kelowna, BC
2004: Rick Folk
Rick Folk, Kevin Folk, Jeff Richard, Gerry Richard
Kelowna, BC
2003: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB
2002: Rob Bucholz
Rob Bucholz, Dan Holowaychuk, Jim Bucholz, Jim Wallbank
Edmonton, AB
2001: Rick Folk
Rick Folk
Kelowna, BC
1994: Jim Armstrong
Jim Armstrong
Vancouver, BC

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