CHAMPION: Thomas Wins 2015 Original 16 WCT Bonspiel

Calgary, Alberta

SKIP
Charley
Thomas

Third
Nathan
Connolly

Second
Brandon
Klassen

Lead
DJ
Kidby

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	11.56
PA/G:	3.75
Hammer Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Defense:	0.00
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.44

Charley Thomas (Calgary, AB) won 6-2 over Thomas Scoffin (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Original 16 WCT Bonspiel, held November 6 - 8, 2015 in Calgary, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Thomas won 6-2 over Robert Collins (Calgary, AB) in the semifinals of the 2015 Original 16 WCT Bonspiel in Calgary, Alberta; and won 6-1 over Rhett Friesz (Calgary, AB) in the quarterfinals.

Thomas finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Thomas defeated Friesz 6-2, then won 6-0 against Brock Virtue (Calgary , AB) and 7-5 against Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Original 16 WCT Bonspiel Championship title, Thomas earned 23.171 world rankings points along with the $4,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 19th place overall with 206.325 total points. Thomas ranks 10th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 148.167 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: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, Colton Flasch, Kevin Marsh, Daniel Marsh
Saskatoon, SK
2022: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle
Stirling, SCO
2021: Tyler Tardi
Tyler Tardi, Sterling Middleton, Jason Ginter, Jordan Tardi , Paul Tardi
Langley, BC
2019: Jeremy Harty
Jeremy Harty, Kyler Kleibrink, Joel Berger, Kurtis Goller
Calgary, AB
2018: Ted Appelman
Ted Appelman, Nathan Connolly, Shawn Donnelly, Adam Enright
Edmonton, AB
2017: Kurt Balderston
Kurt Balderston, Terry Meek, Rob Bucholz, Del Shaughnessy
Grande Prairie, AB
2016: Carl deConinck Smith
Carl deConinck Smith, Jeff Sharp, Matt Ryback, Mark Larsen
Saskatoon, SK
2015: Charley Thomas
Charley Thomas, Nathan Connolly, Brandon Klassen, DJ Kidby
Calgary, AB
2014: Brock Virtue
Brock Virtue, Charley Thomas, Brandon Klassen, DJ Kidby
Calgary, AB
2013: Chang-Min Kim
Chang-Min Kim, Min-Chan Kim, Se-Hyeon Seong, Young-Seon Seo, Eun Soo Oh
Uiseong, KOR
2012: Steve Petryk
Dan Petryk, Steve Petryk, Roland Robinson, Thomas Usselman
Calgary, AB
2011: Brock Virtue
Brock Virtue, JD Lind, Dominic Daemen, Matthew Ng
Calgary, AB
2010: Dean Ross
Dean Ross, Don DeLair, Chris Blackwell, Sean Morris
Calgary, AB

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