Schneider Runner-Up at 2023 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic

Victoria, British Columbia

SKIP
Catlin
Schneider

Third
Sterling
Middleton

Second
Jason
Ginter

Lead
Alex
Horvath

Games:	8
Record:	5W - 3L
PF/G:	7.02
PA/G:	7.19
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.26
Force Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Efficiency:	0.15

Catlin Schneider (Victoria, BC) lost 8-1 to Brent Pierce (New Westminster, BC) in the Final of the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic, held September 29 - October 1, 2023 at the Vernon Curling Club in Vernon, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Schneider won 5-4 over Jeff Richard (Kelowna, BC) in the semifinals of the 2023 Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada; and won 5-4 over Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) in the quarterfinals.

Schneider finished 2-2 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Schneider lost 7-3 to Pierce, then responded with a 7-4 win over Tyler Orme (Vernon, BC). Schneider went on to lose 5-3 against Jongduk Park (Gangwon, KOR). Schneider responded with a 6-5 win over Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic, Schneider take home 13.750 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN prize. Schneider move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of -15.895 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 27th overall with 128.559 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Schneider ranks 28th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 39.625 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	39	29	0	0.574	11-7	3-7	3-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	506	411	342	8.12	6.76	1.36	4.59	4.15	1.77	1.63	1.26

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	249	313	67	28	11-0	24-2	56-14	1.26	0.27	0.41	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	257	98	275	36	1-7	9-20	17-53	0.38	1.07	0.50	0.23

2024: Xiao Ming Xu
Xiao Ming Xu, Qiang Zou, Zhi Yu Wang, Tianqi Guan, Jiafeng Tian, Xiao Ming Xu
BEI JING, CHN
2023: Brent Pierce
Brent Pierce, Cody Johnston, Matthew McCrady, Nicholas Umbach
New Westminster, BC
2022: Riku Yanagisawa
Riku Yanagisawa, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Takeru Yamamoto, Satoshi Koizumi
Karuizawa, JPN
2019: Tyler Tardi
Tyler Tardi, Sterling Middleton, Jordan Tardi, Alex Horvath
Surrey, BC
2018: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Braeden Moskowy, Catlin Schneider, Dustin Kidby
Regina, SK
2017: Jeff Guignard
Jeff Guignard, Daniel Wenzek, Chris Faa, Nicholas Meister, Jeff Sargent
Vancouver, BC
2016: Tyler Tardi
Tyler Tardi, Sterling Middleton, Jordan Tardi, Nicholas Meister , Paul Tardi
Langley, BC
2015: Pat Simmons
Pat Simmons, John Morris, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Calgary, AB
2014: Grant Dezura
Kevin MacKenzie, Grant Dezura, Jamie Smith, Kevin Recksiedler
Maple Ridge, BC
2013: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Calgary, AB
2012: Jim Cotter
Jim Cotter, Jason Gunnlaugson, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
Kelowna/Vernon, BC
2011: Robert Schlender
Robert Schlender, Chris Lemishka, Don Bartlett, Darcy Hafso
Edmonton, AB
2010: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Blake MacDonald, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Edmonton, AB
2009: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Blake MacDonald, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Edmonton, AB
2008: Bob Ursel
Jim Cotter, Bob Ursel, Kevin Folk, Rick Sawatsky
Kelowna, BC
2007: Bob Ursel
Jim Cotter, Bob Ursel, Kevin Folk, Rick Sawatsky
Kelowna, BC
2006: Brent Pierce
Brent Pierce, Bryan Miki, Andrew Bilesky, Brendan Willis, Jay Batch
New Westminster, BC
2005: Bob Ursel
Bob Ursel, TJ Perepolkin, Brendan Willis, Lance McGinn
Kelowna, BC
2004: Rick Folk
Rick Folk, Kevin Folk, Jeff Richard, Gerry Richard
Kelowna, BC
2003: Randy Ferbey
David Nedohin, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque
Edmonton, AB
2002: Rob Bucholz
Rob Bucholz, Dan Holowaychuk, Jim Bucholz, Jim Wallbank
Edmonton, AB
2001: Rick Folk
Rick Folk
Kelowna, BC
1994: Jim Armstrong
Jim Armstrong
Vancouver, BC

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