CHAMPION: Homan Wins 2019 Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec

Gatineau, Quebec

SKIP
Mark
Homan

Third
Mike
McLean

Second
Colton
Daly

Lead
Gary
Findley

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	8.49
PA/G:	5.28
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.16
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Mark Homan (Gatineau, QC) won 7-3 over Gerry Savoie (Val d'Or, QC) in the Final of the Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec, held October 31 - November 2, 2019 in Val-d, Quebec. To advance to the championship game, Homan won 6-4 over Greg Balsdon (Montreal, QC) in the semifinals of the 2019 Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec in Val-d, Quebec; and won 6-5 over Jasmin Gibeau (Thurso, QC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec in Val-d, Quebec;

Homan finished 4-0 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Homan defeated Bruno Crepeault (Val d'Or, QC) 4-3, then won 6-4 against Jean-Christophe Pichon (Val d'Or, QC) and 9-7 against Bernard Larouche (Val d'Or, QC). Homan won 7-2 against Maxime Mailloux (Rouyn-Noranda, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Challenge Nord-Ouest Air Creebec Championship title, Homan earned 14.299 world rankings points along with the $3,100CDN first prize cheque. Homan move up 14 spots after posting a net gain of 10.133 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 66th overall with 64.466 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Homan ranks 60th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 35.301 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: Pierre-Luc Morissette
Pierre-Luc Morissette, Pierre Lajoie, Marc-Alexandre Dion, Pierre Lanoue, Maxime Bilodeau, Sophie Morissette
Quebec city, QC
2023: Yannick Martel
Yannick Martel, Louis Quevillon, Jean-Francois Charest, Bradley Lequin
Saguenay, QC
2022: Steven Munroe
Steven Munroe, Yannick Martel, Philippe Brassard, Jean-Francois Charest
Saquenay, QC
2021: Alek Bedard
Alek Bedard, Louis Quevillon, Emile Asselin, Bradley Lequin
Montreal, QC
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Mark Homan, Mike McLean, Colton Daly, Gary Findley
Gatineau, QC
2018: Jean-Sebastien Roy
Jean-Sebastien Roy, Robert Desjardins, Pierre-Luc Morissette, Thierry Fournier, Rene Dubois
Saguenay, QC
2017: Jean-Sebastien Roy
Robert Desjardins, Jean-Sebastien Roy, Pierre-Luc Morissette, Thierry Fournier
Chicoutimi, QC

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