Menard Runner-Up at 2015 Challenge Casino de Charlevoix

Quebec, Quebec

SKIP
Jean-Michel
Menard

Third
Martin
Crete

Second
Eric
Sylvain

Lead
Philippe
Menard

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	8.00
PA/G:	5.11
Hammer Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Defense:	0.04
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.14

Jean-Michel Menard (Quebec, QC) lost 5-3 to Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON) in the Final of the Challenge Casino de Charlevoix, held November 26 - 29, 2015 in Clermont, Quebec. To advance to the championship game, Menard won 4-3 over Felix Attinger (Dubendorf, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2015 Challenge Casino de Charlevoix in Clermont, Quebec; and won 8-3 over Mark Homan (Ottawa, ON) in the quarterfinals.

Menard finished 3-0 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Menard defeated Mike Kennedy (Moncton, NB) 8-3, then won 7-5 against Steven Munroe (Quebec, QC) and 6-4 against Rob Retchless (Toronto, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Challenge Casino de Charlevoix, Menard take home 21.150 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN prize, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 17th place overall with 238.325 total points. Menard ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 110.885 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

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2023: Jean-Michel Arsenault
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Levis, QC
2022: John Epping
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Toronto, ON
2021: Michael Fournier
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Montreal, QC
2019: Scott McDonald
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Kingston, ON
2018: Jean-Sebastien Roy
Jean-Sebastien Roy, Robert Desjardins, Pierre-Luc Morissette, Rene Dubois
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2017: Martin Ferland
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2016: Stuart Thompson
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2015: Greg Balsdon
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Kingston, ON
2014: Jean-Michel Menard
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2013: Brad Jacobs
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2012: Peter De Cruz
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2011: Brett Gallant
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2010: Mike McEwen
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2009: Randy Ferbey
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Edmonton, AB
2008: Fengchun Wang
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2007: Peter Steski
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2005: Russ Howard
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2004: Serge Reid
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2003: Francois Gagne
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