CHAMPION: Dropkin Wins 2019 Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 2

SKIP
Korey
Dropkin

Third
Thomas
Howell

Second
Mark
Fenner

Lead
Alex
Fenson

Korey Dropkin (Chaska, USA) won 5-4 over Tanner Horgan (Winnipeg Beach, MB) in the Final of the Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 2, held November 5 - 10, 2019 in Pictou County, Nova Scotia. To advance to the championship game, Dropkin won 7-1 over Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC) in the semifinals of the 2019 Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Pictou County, Nova Scotia; and won 7-6 over Cameron Bryce (Stirling, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Pictou County, Nova Scotia;

Dropkin finished 2-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dropkin defeated Chad Stevens (Truro, NS) 8-3, then went on to lose 6-5 against Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, USA). Dropkin lost 6-3 to Kendal Thompson (Halifax, NS) where Dropkin responded with a 7-3 win over Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 2 Championship title, Dropkin earned 47.250 world rankings points along with the $10,000CDN first prize cheque. Dropkin move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 44.906 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 21st overall with 219.304 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Dropkin ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 124.817 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

2024: Rylan Kleiter
Rylan Kleiter, Joshua Mattern, Matthew Hall, Trevor Johnson , Dean Kleiter
Saskatoon, SK
2023: Daniel Casper
Daniel Casper, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson, Chase Sinnett , Jordan Moulton
Chaska, MN
2022: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell
Duluth, MN
2019: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell, Mark Fenner, Alex Fenson, Joe Polo, Shawn Rojeski
Chaska, USA
2018: Kirk Muyres
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Saskatoon, SK
2017: Jason Gunnlaugson
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Winnipeg, MB
2016: Greg Balsdon
Greg Balsdon, Jonathan Beuk, David Staples, Scott Chadwick
Kingston, ON
2015: Jim Cotter
Jim Cotter, Ryan Kuhn, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
Vernon, BC

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