CHAMPION: Dezura Wins 2013 Kamloops Crown of Curling

Kelowna, British Columbia

Fourth
Kevin
MacKenzie

SKIP
Grant
Dezura

Second
Jamie
Smith

Lead
Kevin
Recksiedler

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	9.82
PA/G:	5.26
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.08
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.34

Grant Dezura (Kelowna, BC) won 5-4 over Dean Joanisse (New Westminster, BC) in the Final of the Kamloops Crown of Curling, held October 18 - 21, 2013 at the Kamloops Curling Club in Kamloops, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Dezura won 7-5 over Mark Johnson (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2013 Kamloops Crown of Curling in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada; and won 6-2 over Trevor Perepolkin (Vernon, BC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2013 Kamloops Crown of Curling in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada;

Dezura finished 4-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dezura defeated Steve Birklid (Seattle, WA) 8-0, then won 8-3 against Neil Dangerfield (Victoria, BC) and 9-2 against Nolan Reid (Victoria, BC). Dezura won 9-7 against Brent Yamada (Kamloops, BC). Dezura went on to lose 7-4 against Joanisse in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Kamloops Crown of Curling Championship title, Dezura earned 5.000 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 11 spots the World Ranking Standings into 53rd place overall with 23.601 total points. Dezura ranks 52nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	21	12	0	0.636	6-3	2-3	0-3	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	245	204	148	8.33	6.04	2.29	4.90	3.88	1.70	1.56	1.22

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	112	142	19	14	4-0	9-0	31-2	1.27	0.17	0.45	0.15

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	133	62	129	16	0-3	3-8	17-26	0.47	0.97	0.53	0.29

2023: Brent Pierce
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2022: Hayato Sato
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2021: Soo-Hyuk Kim
Soo-Hyuk Kim, Chang-Min Kim, Jae Ik Jeon, Hak Kyun Kim , So Min Yoon
Uiseong, KOR
2019: Yuta Matsumura
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Kitami, JPN
2018: Sean Geall
Sean Geall, Jeff Richard, Andrew Nerpin, David Harper
Kelowna, BC
2016: Dean Joanisse
Dean Joanisse, Paul Cseke, Jay Wakefield, John Cullen
Maple Ridge, BC
2015: Sean Geall
Sean Geall, Andrew Bilesky, Steve Kopf, Mark Olson
New Westminster , BC
2014: Brent Pierce
Brent Pierce, Jeff Richard, Tyler Orme, David Harper
Kelowna , BC
2013: Grant Dezura
Kevin MacKenzie, Grant Dezura, Jamie Smith, Kevin Recksiedler
Kelowna, BC
2012: Brent Pierce
Brent Pierce, Jeff Richard, Kevin Recksiedler, Grant Dezura
New Westminster, BC
2011: Andrew Bilesky
Andrew Bilesky, Steve Kopf, Derek Errington, Aaron Watson
New Westminster , BC
2010: Jim Cotter
Jim Cotter, Ken Maskiewich, Kevin Folk, Rick Sawatsky
Vernon, BC
2009: Ted Appelman
Ted Appelman, Tom Appelman, Brandon Klassen, Brendan Melnyk, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2008: Rick Folk
Ted Appelman, Tom Appelman, Brandon Klassen, Brendan Melnyk, Don Bartlett
Kelowna, BC
2007: Bryan Miki
Ted Appelman, Tom Appelman, Brandon Klassen, Brendan Melnyk, Don Bartlett
New Westminster, BC
2006: Kerry Burtnyk
Kerry Burtnyk, Dan Kammerlock, Richard Daneault, Cory Naharnie
Winnipeg, MB
2005: Bert Gretzinger
Bert Gretzinger, Rob Koffski, Tom Shypitka, Dave Mellof
Kelowna, BC
2004: Bob Ursel
Bob Ursel, TJ Perepolkin, Brendan Willis, Lance McGinn
Kelowna, BC
2003: Bert Gretzinger
Bert Gretzinger, Rob Koffski, Mark Whittle, Dave Mellof
Kelowna, BC
2002: Mike Wood
Mike Wood
Victoria, BC
2001: Adrian Bakker
Adrian Bakker
Calgary, AB
2000: Dennis Graber
Dennis Graber, Ralph Brust, Stacey Coomber, Dan Lemieux
Beaver Lodge, AB
1999: Greg McAulay
Greg McAulay, Brent Pierce, Bryan Miki, Jody Sveistrup
Richmond, BC
1998: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Carter Rycroft
Edmonton, AB
1994: Al Hackner
Al Hackner, Randy Ferbey, Pat McCallum, Richie Yurko
Thunder Bay, ON
1992: Mickey Pendergast
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Calgary, AB

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