CHAMPION: Bottcher Wins 2019 Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic

SKIP
Brendan
Bottcher

Third
Darren
Moulding

Second
Bradley
Thiessen

Lead
Karrick
Martin

Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) won 4-2 over Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic, held November 22 - 25, 2019 at the Penticton Curling Club in Penticton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Bottcher won 6-4 over Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2019 Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada; and won 5-4 over Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada;

Bottcher finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated Tyler Tardi (Surrey, BC) 8-5, then went on to lose 7-3 against Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO). Bottcher responded with a 4-1 win over Jason Montgomery (Victoria, BC). Bottcher won 2-1 against Kirk Muyres (Saskatoon, SK), then won 8-0 against Dean Joanisse (New Westminster, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic Championship title, Bottcher earned 71.250 world rankings points along with the $20,800CDN first prize cheque, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 3rd place overall with 462.958 total points. Bottcher ranks 11th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 166.523 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: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert , Paul Webster
Edmonton, AB
2023: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Scott Howard, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishene, ON
2021: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2018: Glen Muirhead
Glen Muirhead, Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Cameron Smith
Perth, SCO
2017: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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