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.
