Montgomery Runner-Up at 2019 Driving Force Decks Int'l Abbotsford Cashspiel

Victoria, British Columbia

SKIP
Jason
Montgomery

Third
Chris
Baier

Second
Miles
Craig

Lead
William
Duggan

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	9.74
PA/G:	8.16
Hammer Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Jason Montgomery (Victoria, BC) lost 8-1 to Yuta Matsumura (Kitami, JPN) in the Final of the Driving Force Decks Int'l Abbotsford Cashspiel, held October 11 - 14, 2019 at the Abbotsford Curling Club in Abbotsford, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Montgomery won 9-6 over Sean Geall (Abbotsford, BC) to advance to the championship game. of the 2019 Driving Force Decks Int'l Abbotsford Cashspiel in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; of the 2019 Driving Force Decks Int'l Abbotsford Cashspiel in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada;

Montgomery finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Montgomery defeated Rob Dennis (Delta, BC) 8-2, then went on to lose 8-3 against Geall. Montgomery responded with a 7-5 win over Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC). Montgomery won 9-2 against Roger Chan (Vancouver, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Driving Force Decks Int'l Abbotsford Cashspiel, Montgomery take home 15.589 world rankings points along with the $4,000CDN prize, moving up 48 spots the World Ranking Standings into 111th place overall with 34.308 total points. Montgomery ranks 82nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.589 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: Shinya Abe
Tetsuro Shimizu, Shinya Abe, Haruto Ouchi, Hayato Sato, Sota Tsuruga
Sapporo, JPN
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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