CHAMPION: Ursel Wins 2009 September Shoot-Out

Kelowna, British Columbia

Fourth
Jim
Cotter

SKIP
Bob
Ursel

Second
Kevin
Folk

Lead
Rick
Sawatsky

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	9.43
PA/G:	3.96
Hammer Efficiency:	0.73
Steal Defense:	0.05
Force Efficiency:	0.82
Steal Efficiency:	0.35

Bob Ursel (Kelowna, BC) won 5-2 over Randy Ferbey (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the September Shoot-Out, held September 17 - 20, 2009 in Edmonton, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Ursel won 5-3 over Pat Simmons (Davidson, SK) in the semifinals of the 2009 September Shoot-Out in Edmonton, Alberta; and won 7-3 over Kerry Burtnyk (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2009 September Shoot-Out in Edmonton, Alberta;

Ursel finished 4-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ursel defeated Shawn Joyce (Saskatoon, SK) 8-1, then went on to lose 5-4 against Ted Appelman (Edmonton, AB). Ursel responded with a 8-2 win over Matt Yeo (Edmonton, AB). Ursel won 5-2 against Wade White (Edmonton, AB), then won 8-3 against Warren Cross (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the September Shoot-Out Championship title, Ursel earned 26.800 world rankings points along with the $4,500CDN first prize cheque. For week of the event schedule, Ursel did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Ursel 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

2025: Cameron de Jong
Cameron de Jong, Sterling Middleton, Alex Horvath, Corey Chester , Paul Cseke
Victoria, BC
2024: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, Colton Flasch, Kevin Marsh, Daniel Marsh
Saskatoon, SK
2023: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert , Paul Webster
Calgary, AB
2015: Shaun Meachem
Shaun Meachem, Catlin Schneider, Brady Scharback, Aaron Shutra
Saskatoon, SK
2014: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Tom Appelman, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2013: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, David Nedohin, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2012: Jamie King
Jamie King, Blake MacDonald, Scott Pfeifer, Jeff Erickson
Edmonton, AB
2011: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Ted Appelman, Brendan Melnyk
Edmonton, AB
2010: Don Walchuk
Don Walchuk, Chris Schille, DJ Kidby, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2009: Bob Ursel
Jim Cotter, Bob Ursel, Kevin Folk, Rick Sawatsky
Kelowna, BC
2008: Ted Appelman
Ted Appelman, Tom Appelman, Brandon Klassen, Brendan Melnyk
Edmonton, AB
2007: Pat Simmons
Ted Appelman, Tom Appelman, Brandon Klassen, Brendan Melnyk
Davidson, SK
2006: Robert Schlender
Robert Schlender, Danny Sherrard, Colin Tanton, Jim Bucholz
Edmonton, AB
2004: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB

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