CHAMPION: Matchett Wins 2009 KW Fall Classic

Bradford, Ontario

SKIP
Dale
Matchett

Third
Ryan
Werenich

Second
Jeff
Gorda

Lead
Shawn
Kaufman

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	8.72
PA/G:	6.17
Hammer Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Efficiency:	0.05

Dale Matchett (Bradford, ON) won 8-7 over Jake Higgs (Harrison, ON) in the Final of the KW Fall Classic, held September 24 - 27, 2009 in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario.

Matchett finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Matchett defeated Cory Heggestad (Barrie, ON) 6-3, then won 7-5 against Dennis Moretto (Toronto, ON) and 6-4 against Kirk Ziola (London, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the KW Fall Classic Championship title, Matchett earned 20.640 world rankings points along with the $4,000CDN first prize cheque. For week of the event schedule, Matchett did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Matchett ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

2023: Alex Champ
Alex Champ, Charlie Richard, DJ Ronaldson, Scott Clinton
Toronto, ON
2022: Michael Fournier
Michael Fournier, Kevin Flewwelling, Sean Harrison, Zander Elmes
Toronto, ON
2021: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle , Greg Drummond
Stirling, SCO
2020: Paul Moffatt
Paul Moffatt, Ben Shane, John Gabel, Kyle Forster
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2019: Yusuke Morozumi
Yusuke Morozumi, Masaki Iwai, Ryotaro Shukuya, Kosuke Morozumi
Nagano, JPN
2018: Alexey Timofeev
Alexey Timofeev, Alexey Stukalskiy, Artur Razhabov, Artem Shmakov, Sergei Glukhov
St. Petersburg, RUS
2017: Matthew Hall
Matthew Hall, Jeff Wanless, Joey Hart, David Hart
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2016: Richard Krell
Richard Krell, Evan Lilly, Jonah Mondloch, Robert Currie
Waterloo, ON
2015: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Jia Liang Zang, De Xin Ba, Xiao Ming Xu
Harbin, CHN
2014: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Brett Dekoning, Scott Brandon, Shane Konings
London, ON
2013: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Brett Dekoning, Connor Duhaime, Simon Barrick
London, ON
2012: Mark Kean
Mark Kean, Travis Fanset, Patrick Janssen, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2011: Rob Rumfeldt
Rob Rumfeldt, Adam Spencer, Scott Hodgson, Greg Robinson
Guelph, ON
2010: Greg Balsdon
Greg Balsdon, Chris Ciasnocha, Tyler Morgan, Jamie Farnell
Kingston, ON
2009: Dale Matchett
Dale Matchett, Ryan Werenich, Jeff Gorda, Shawn Kaufman
Bradford, ON
2008: Dale Matchett
Dale Matchett, Ryan Werenich, Jeff Gorda, Shawn Kaufman
Churchill, ON

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