Ainsley3-3 at 2023 Stu Sells Port Elgin Superspiel

SKIP
Rob
Ainsley

Third
Chris
Medford

Second
Graeme
Robson

Lead
Cameron
Blair

Rob Ainsley (Toronto, ON) finished 3-3 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ainsley defeated Ontario's Ben Hughes 6-1, then went on to lose 9-7 against Michael Fournier (Toronto, ON). Ainsley responded with a 10-8 win over Joey Rettinger (Chesley, ON). Ainsley went on to lose 8-4 against Dayna Deruelle (Harriston, ON). Ainsley responded with a 10-9 win over Ontario's Ben Hughes to advance to a C-Qualifier game where they lost 5-4 against Travis Fanset (Brantford, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Ainsley earned 2.250 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 6 spots the World Ranking Standings into 132nd place overall with 19.706 total points. Ainsley ranks 108th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.375 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	13	19	0	0.406	0-0	0-0	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	223	155	172	6.95	7.71	-0.76	4.22	4.62	1.65	1.67	1.17

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	116	116	50	14	3-2	8-1	22-8	1.00	0.43	0.32	0.29

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	107	39	122	12	1-2	1-14	7-18	0.36	1.14	0.51	0.24

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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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