CHAMPION: Loreth Wins 2016 Ken Kurbis Galaxy Bonspiel

Fourth
Brad
Haight

SKIP
Trevor
Loreth

Second
Ryan
Lowdon

Lead
Brett
Cawson

Trevor Loreth (Winnipeg, MB) won 6-5 over Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Ken Kurbis Galaxy Bonspiel, held November 4 - 7, 2016 at the Rossmere Golf and Country Club in Winnipeg, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Loreth won 4-3 over Daley Peters (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2016 Ken Kurbis Galaxy Bonspiel in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; and won 7-5 over Rob Atkins (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Ken Kurbis Galaxy Bonspiel in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

Loreth finished 5-2 in the 30-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Loreth defeated Kyle McCannell (Winnipeg, MB) 6-5, then won 5-4 against Curtis McCannell (Pilot Mound , MB). Loreth went on to lose 6-2 against Al Hackner (Thunder Bay, NONT). Loreth responded with a 7-2 win over Stephen Dropkin (Minneapolis, MN). Loreth won 5-2 against Peters. Loreth went on to lose 5-3 against Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB). Loreth responded with a 7-4 win over David Bohn (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Ken Kurbis Galaxy Bonspiel Championship title, Loreth earned 24.639 world rankings points along with the $3,400CDN first prize cheque, moving up 37 spots the World Ranking Standings into 82nd place overall with 55.533 total points. Loreth ranks 50th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 38.537 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

2004: Richard Muntain
Richard Muntain, Lionel Chartrand, Vic Bellay, Danny Mondor
Winnipeg, MB
2005: Randy Neufeld
Randy Neufeld
,
2006: Vic Peters
Vic Peters, Daley Peters, Chris Neufeld, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg,
2015: Daley Peters
Daley Peters, Corey Chambers, Kody Janzen, Stuart Shiells
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Trevor Loreth
Brad Haight, Trevor Loreth, Ryan Lowdon, Brett Cawson
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Dennis Bohn
Dennis Bohn, Neil Kitching, Kennedy Bird, Daniel Hunt
Winnipeg, MB

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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