CHAMPION: Grattan Wins 2023 New Scotland Brewing Co. Mens Cash Spiel

SKIP
James
Grattan

Third
Joel
Krats

Second
Paul
Dobson

Lead
Andy
McCann

James Grattan (Oromocto , NB) won 9-3 over Nick Mosher (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the New Scotland Brewing Co. Mens Cash Spiel, held October 6 - 9, 2023 at the CFB Halifax CC in Halifax, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Grattan won 5-1 over Brent MacDougall (Halifax, NS) in the semifinals

Grattan finished 2-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Grattan lost 9-6 to Tyler Smith (Charlottetown, PEI), then responded with a 7-2 win over Bryce Everist (Halifax, NS). Grattan went on to lose 11-2 against Rene Comeau (Fredericton, NB). Grattan responded with a 7-4 win over Brody Hanson (Moncton, NB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the New Scotland Brewing Co. Mens Cash Spiel Championship title, Grattan earned 7.500 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 70th place overall with 51.551 total points. Grattan ranks 96th 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
2024	31	17	0	0.646	1-2	0-5	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	355	282	247	7.94	6.96	0.99	4.65	4.42	1.71	1.57	0.93

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	175	204	80	9	8-3	14-3	38-10	1.17	0.46	0.36	0.30

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	180	78	167	24	1-6	6-7	11-28	0.43	0.93	0.61	0.28

2023: James Grattan
James Grattan, Joel Krats, Paul Dobson, Andy McCann
Oromocto , NB
2022: Owen Purcell
Owen Purcell, Joel Krats, Adam McEachren, Scott Weagle
Halifax, NS
2019: Chad Stevens
Chad Stevens, Peter Burgess, Graham Breckon, Kelly Mittelstadt
Truro, NS
2018: Kendal Thompson
Kendal Thompson, Bryce Everist, Chris MacRae, Michael Brophy
HALIFAX, NS
2017: Robert Mayhew
Robert Mayhew, Chris MacRae, Neil Gallant, Nick Burdock
Halifax, NS
2016: Chad Stevens
Chad Stevens, Cameron MacKenzie, Ian Juurlink, Kelly Mittelstadt
Halifax, NS

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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