McArdle Runner-Up at 2016 Driving Force Abbotsford Cashspiel

Victoria, British Columbia

SKIP
Ken
McArdle

Third
Denis
Sutton

Second
Darren
Boden

Lead
Glen
Allen

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	8.14
PA/G:	7.91
Hammer Efficiency:	0.39
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Ken McArdle (Victoria, BC) lost 7-3 to John Morris (Vernon, BC) in the Final of the Driving Force Abbotsford Cashspiel, held November 25 - 27, 2016 at the Abbotsford Curling Club in Abbotsford, Canada. To advance to the championship game, McArdle won 8-6 over Dean Joanisse (Maple Ridge, BC) in the semifinals of the 2016 Driving Force Abbotsford Cashspiel in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; and won 8-4 over Brent Pierce (Whitehorse, YK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Driving Force Abbotsford Cashspiel in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada;

McArdle finished 2-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McArdle defeated Jon Solberg (Whitehorse, YK) 8-7, then won 4-3 against Matthew McCrady (New Westminster, BC). McArdle went on to lose 7-4 against Joanisse in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Driving Force Abbotsford Cashspiel, McArdle take home 13.781 world rankings points along with the $4,000CDN prize, moving up 52 spots the World Ranking Standings into 147th place overall with 28.443 total points. McArdle ranks 94th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 23.275 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

2022: Shinya Abe
Tetsuro Shimizu, Haruto Ouchi, Shinya Abe, Minori Suzuki, Sota Tsuruga
Sapporo, JPN
2019: Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe, Kosuke Aita
Kitami, JPN
2018: Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe, Kosuke Aita
Sapporo, JPN
2017: Jason Montgomery
Jason Montgomery, Cameron de Jong, Miles Craig, William Duggan
Victoria, BC
2016: John Morris
Jim Cotter, John Morris, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
Vernon, BC
2002: Pat Ryan
Jim Cotter, John Morris, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
, BC
2001: Pat Ryan
Pat Ryan
, BC
2000: Doug Wilcock
Pat Ryan
New Westminster, BC
1999: Rick Folk
Rick Folk, Jeff Richard, Tyler Orme, Gerry Richard
Kelowna, BC
1998: Greg McAulay
Greg McAulay, Brent Pierce, Bryan Miki, Darin Fenton
New Westminster, BC
1994: Jim Armstrong
Jim Armstrong
Vancouver, BC
1992: Steve Skillings
Steve Skillings, Mike Wood, Sean Cromarty, Colin Atkinson
Victoria, BC

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