McGillivray Runner-Up at 2023 MCT Showdown

SKIP
Thomas
McGillivray

Third
Tim
Johnson

Second
Aaron
Macdonell

Lead
Alexandre
Fontaine

Thomas McGillivray (Winnipeg, MB) lost 7-2 to Jordon McDonald (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the MCT Showdown, held November 24 - 26, 2023 at the East St. Paul Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. To advance to the championship game, McGillivray won 6-5 over Emerson Klimpke (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals

McGillivray finished 3-1 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McGillivray defeated Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB) 6-1, then won 7-4 against Cyrus Brandt (Winnipeg, MB). McGillivray went on to lose 6-4 against Klimpke. McGillivray responded with a 6-4 win over Steve Irwin (Brandon, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the MCT Showdown, McGillivray take home 5.500 world rankings points along with the $1,500CDN prize, moving up 50 spots the World Ranking Standings into 180th place overall with 11.828 total points. McGillivray ranks 151st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	13	13	0	0.500	3-1	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	147	115	106	7.82	7.21	0.61	4.69	4.56	1.67	1.58	0.75

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	72	72	29	6	0-0	4-1	19-6	1.00	0.40	0.35	0.29

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	75	43	77	5	1-2	3-5	10-15	0.57	1.03	0.52	0.32

2019: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Tyler Drews, Daryl Evans, Rodney Legault
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Kyle Kurz, Ian McMillan, Rob Gordon
Winnipeg, MB
2017: David Bohn
David Bohn, Justin Richter, Tyler Forrest, Bryce J. McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Taylor McIntyre
Taylor McIntyre, Sam Good, Riley Smith, Jared Hancox
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Corey Chambers, Kody Janzen, Stuart Shiells
Winnipeg, MB

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