CHAMPION: Alberta's Pat Simmons Wins 2016 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic

Alberta

SKIP
Pat
Simmons

Third
John
Morris

Second
Carter
Rycroft

Lead
Nolan
Thiessen

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	12.09
PA/G:	3.72
Hammer Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Defense:	0.00
Force Efficiency:	0.73
Steal Efficiency:	0.40

Alberta's Pat Simmons won 9-3 over Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) in the Final of the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic, held January 22 - 24, 2016 at the Coyotes Curling Club in Tempe, United States. To advance to the championship game, Alberta's Pat Simmons won 8-3 over Charley Thomas (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2016 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic in Tempe, Arizona, United States; and won 5-3 over John Shuster (Duluth, USA) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic in Tempe, Arizona, United States;

Alberta's Pat Simmons finished 4-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Alberta's Pat Simmons defeated Carroll Huntress (Tempe, AZ) 12-1, then won 8-2 against Pete Fenson (Blaine, USA) and 5-3 against Minnesota's Todd Birr. Alberta's Pat Simmons won 5-1 against Thomas in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic Championship title, Alberta's Pat Simmons earned 41.436 world rankings points along with the $9,861CDN first prize cheque, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 10th place overall with 370.807 total points. Alberta's Pat Simmons ranks 16th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 154.807 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: John Epping
John Epping, Jake Horgan, Tanner Horgan, Ian McMillan
Toronto, ON
2024: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Glenn Venance, Kurtis Goller
Edmonton, AB
2023: Karsten Sturmay
Karsten Sturmay, Kyle Doering, Kurtis Goller, Glenn Venance, JD Lind
Edmonton, AB
2020: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Adam Casey, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Reid Carruthers
Mike McEwen, Reid Carruthers, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, Pat Simmons, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
, MB
2017: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Pat Simmons
Pat Simmons, John Morris, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
, AB

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