CHAMPION: Bryden Wins 2023 S3 Group Curling Stadium Series

SKIP
Josh
Bryden

Third
Brecklin
Gervais

Second
Carter
Williamson

Lead
Adam
Bukurak

Josh Bryden (Regina, SK) won 7-6 over Kelly Knapp (Regina, SK) in the Final of the S3 Group Curling Stadium Series, held October 13 - 15, 2023 at the Swift Current Curling Club in Swift Current, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Bryden won 7-4 over Steve Laycock (Swift Current, SK) in the semifinals of the 2023 S3 Group Curling Stadium Series in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won 6-1 over Dustin Kalthoff (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 S3 Group Curling Stadium Series in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Bryden finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bryden defeated Laycock 9-5, then won 7-6 against Matthew Drewitz (Saskatoon , SK) and 6-5 against Daymond Bernath (Saskatoon, SK). Bryden went on to lose 9-6 against Jesse St. John (Rosetown, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the S3 Group Curling Stadium Series Championship title, Bryden earned 15.000 world rankings points along with the $2,400CDN first prize cheque, moving up 35 spots the World Ranking Standings into 103rd place overall with 33.375 total points. Bryden ranks 53rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 21.375 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	22	12	0	0.647	6-2	3-3	3-0	1-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	284	223	181	7.85	6.37	1.48	4.89	4.01	1.60	1.59	1.09

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	130	148	36	13	2-1	11-1	28-4	1.14	0.28	0.35	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	154	75	145	18	0-2	5-10	16-32	0.49	0.94	0.49	0.32

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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