Knapp Runner-Up at 2023 Great Western Brewing Bonspiel

SKIP
Kelly
Knapp

Third
Brennan
Jones

Second
Mike
Armstrong

Lead
Trent
Knapp

Kelly Knapp (Regina, SK) lost 6-3 to Jason Jacobson (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final of the Great Western Brewing Bonspiel, held September 22 - 24, 2023 at the Sutherland Curling Club in Saskatoon, . To advance to the championship game, Knapp won 4-3 over Daymond Bernath (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2023 Great Western Brewing Bonspiel in Saskatoon; and won 6-5 over Dustin Kalthoff (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Great Western Brewing Bonspiel in Saskatoon;

Knapp finished 2-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Knapp defeated Michael Carss (Saskatoon, SK) 9-4, then went on to lose 10-6 against Jacobson. Knapp responded with a 6-4 win over Matthew Drewitz (Saskatoon , SK) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Great Western Brewing Bonspiel, Knapp take home 11.000 world rankings points along with the $1,500CDN prize, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 30th place overall with 142.375 total points. Knapp ranks 57th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 11.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	37	8	0	0.822	4-1	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	332	296	182	8.92	5.48	3.43	5.00	3.77	1.78	1.46	1.23

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	169	225	39	23	9-0	21-2	35-7	1.33	0.23	0.45	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	163	71	143	18	1-0	3-9	12-28	0.44	0.88	0.62	0.29

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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