CHAMPION: Willsey Wins 2022 St. Thomas Curling Classic

SKIP
John
Willsey

Third
Brady
Lumley

Second
Matthew
Garner

Lead
Spencer
Dunlop

John Willsey (Mississauga, ON) won 6-5 over James Grattan (Oromocto, NB) in the Final of the St. Thomas Curling Classic, held October 21 - 23, 2022 at the St. Thomas Curling Club in St. Thomas, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Willsey won 8-4 over Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA) in the semifinals of the 2022 St. Thomas Curling Classic in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada; and won 7-4 over Michael Fournier (Toronto, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 St. Thomas Curling Classic in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada;

Willsey finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Willsey lost 7-4 to Travis Fanset (St Thomas, ON), then responded with a 5-4 win over Evan Jensen (Raleigh, NC). Willsey won 8-3 against Dunnam, then won 6-3 against Pat Ferris (Grimsby, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the St. Thomas Curling Classic Championship title, Willsey earned 18.750 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 14 spots the World Ranking Standings into 69th place overall with 55.492 total points. Willsey ranks 65th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 20.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	21	12	0	0.636	3-2	2-3	0-2	0-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	242	176	152	7.27	6.28	0.99	4.59	4.01	1.59	1.57	1.41

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	117	125	33	16	1-1	11-1	24-3	1.07	0.28	0.36	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	125	51	119	18	0-4	4-7	8-20	0.41	0.95	0.57	0.28

2022: John Willsey
John Willsey, Brady Lumley, Matthew Garner, Spencer Dunlop
Mississauga, ON
2016: Aaron Squires
Aaron Squires, Richard Krell, Russell Cuddie, Jonah Mondloch
St. Thomas, ON
2014: Brandon Corbett
Brandon Corbett, Derek Corbett, Paul Lyttle, Jared Wydysh
Rochester, NY
2013: Mike Jakubo
Mike Jakubo, Jordan Chandler, Sandy MacEwan, Lee Toner
Sudbury, ON
2012: Bowie Abbis-Mills
Bowie Abbis-Mills, Craig Van Ymeren, Ed Cyr, Shane Konings
Aylmer, ON
2011: Mike Anderson
Mike Anderson, Chris Van Huyse, Matt Mapletoft, Sean Harrison
Markham, ON
2010: Jim Lyle
Jim Lyle, Ken Baute, Ted Smith, Peter Hayman
St. Thomas, ON
2008: Axel Larsen
Jim Lyle, Ken Baute, Ted Smith, Peter Hayman
Guelph, ON
2007: Andrew Fairfull
Jim Lyle, Ken Baute, Ted Smith, Peter Hayman
Guelph, ON
2006: Rob Nixon
Rob Nixon, Jodie Hodgson, Robert Larmer, Brendan Burke
Guelph, ON

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