CHAMPION: Grassie Wins 2023 MCT Challenge

SKIP
Sean
Grassie

Third
Jordon
Johnson

Second
Daryl
Evans

Lead
Rodney
Legault

Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB) won 8-3 over Jed Brundidge (Chaska, MN) in the Final of the MCT Challenge, held September 8 - 10, 2023 at the St. Vital Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Grassie won 5-2 over Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals

Grassie finished 1-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Grassie lost 6-5 to Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN), then responded with a 6-5 win over Riley Smith (Winnipeg, MB). Grassie went on to lose 5-4 against Brundidge in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the MCT Challenge Championship title, Grassie earned 7.500 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 20 spots the World Ranking Standings into 113th place overall with 27.375 total points. Grassie ranks 49th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2025: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Corey Chambers, Kyle Kurz, Brendan Bilawka
Winnipeg, MB
2024: Riley Smith
Riley Smith, Nick Curtis, Josh Claeys, Justin Twiss
Winnipeg, MB
2023: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Jordon Johnson, Daryl Evans, Rodney Legault
Winnipeg, MB