CHAMPION: Kean Wins 2023 Stu Sells Port Elgin Superspiel

Woodstock, Ontario

SKIP
Mark
Kean

Third
Brady
Lumley

Second
Matthew
Garner

Lead
Spencer
Dunlop

Games:	5
Record:	5W - 0L
PF/G:	13.70
PA/G:	3.33
Hammer Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Defense:	0.08
Force Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Efficiency:	0.53

Mark Kean (Woodstock, ON) won 7-4 over Pat Ferris (Grimsby, ON) in the Final of the Stu Sells Port Elgin Superspiel, held November 17 - 19, 2023 at the Port Elgin Curling Club in Port Elgin, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Kean won 6-1 over Dayna Deruelle (Harriston, ON) to advance to the championship game. of the 2023 Stu Sells Port Elgin Superspiel in Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada; of the 2023 Stu Sells Port Elgin Superspiel in Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada;

Kean finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kean defeated Steve Gregg (Dundas, ON) 12-0, then won 6-4 against Deruelle to advance to the A-Qualifier where they 6-0 against Michael Fournier (Toronto, ON) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Stu Sells Port Elgin Superspiel Championship title, Kean earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 46th place overall with 79.937 total points. Kean ranks 42nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 49.875 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	27	21	0	0.563	2-2	3-3	0-1	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	350	275	223	7.86	6.37	1.49	4.46	4.14	1.76	1.54	1.40

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	175	184	58	27	5-0	10-3	43-9	1.05	0.33	0.39	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	175	91	165	22	2-4	10-7	14-35	0.52	0.94	0.55	0.29

2023: Mark Kean
Mark Kean, Brady Lumley, Matthew Garner, Spencer Dunlop
Woodstock, ON
2022: Alex Champ
Alex Champ, Charlie Richard, Terry Arnold, Scott Clinton
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2021: Pat Ferris
Pat Ferris, Ian Dickie, Connor Duhaime, Zack Shurtleff
Grimsby, ON
2019: Mark Kean
Mark Kean, Charlie Richard, Tyler Twining, DJ Ronaldson
Woodstock, ON
2018: Cory Heggestad
Cory Heggestad, Andrew Thompson, Kelly Schuh, James Freeman
,
2017: Wayne Tuck Jr.
Wayne Tuck Jr., Chad Allen, Kurt Armstrong, Matt Pretty
Brantford, ON
2016: Dayna Deruelle
Dayna Deruelle, Kevin Flewwelling, Joe Frans, Sean Harrison
Brampton , ON
2015: Dayna Deruelle
Dayna Deruelle, Kevin Flewwelling, David Staples, Sean Harrison
Brampton, ON
2014: Peter Mellor
Peter Mellor, Brett Mellor, Peter Irwin, Carrie Mellor
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2013: Daryl Shane
Daryl Shane, Don Shane, Dan Shane, Dan Rivett
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2012: Len Rominger
Len Rominger, Bill Hall, Brad Doll, Christopher Dion
St. Catharines, ON
2011: Wayne Tuck Jr.
Wayne Tuck Jr., Craig Kochan, Scott McDonald, Paul Moffatt
Strathroy, ON
2009: Al Corbeil
Wayne Tuck Jr., Craig Kochan, Scott McDonald, Paul Moffatt
Collingwood, ON
2006: Curtis Cassidy
Curtis Cassidy, Darryl Nodwell, Ray Paget, Mike Ross
,
2005: Al Hutchinson
Al Hutchinson, Daryl Shane, Bruce Cox, Peter Irwin
,
1995: Jason Boyce
Jason Boyce
Bradford, ON
1993: John Base
John Base
Oakville, ON

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