CHAMPION: Kleiter Wins 2024 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

SKIP
Rylan
Kleiter

Third
Joshua
Mattern

Second
Matthew
Hall

Lead
Trevor
Johnson

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	7.55
PA/G:	5.51
Hammer Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK) won 6-5 over Magnus Ramsfjell (Trondheim, NOR) in the Final of the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2, held October 1 - 6, 2024 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. To advance to the championship game, Kleiter won 5-3 over Sam Mooibroek (Whitby, ON) in the semifinals of the 2024 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; and won 8-6 over Owen Purcell (Halifax, NS) in the quarterfinals.

Kleiter finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kleiter defeated Mooibroek 4-3, then won 7-5 against Kyle Waddell (Stirling, SCO) and 7-5 against Marc Muskatewitz (Fuessen, GER) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2 Championship title, Kleiter earned 41.250 world rankings points along with the $15,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 10 of the event schedule, Kleiter did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Kleiter ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

2024: Rylan Kleiter
Rylan Kleiter, Joshua Mattern, Matthew Hall, Trevor Johnson , Dean Kleiter
Saskatoon, SK
2023: Daniel Casper
Daniel Casper, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson, Chase Sinnett , Jordan Moulton
Chaska, MN
2022: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell
Duluth, MN
2019: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell, Mark Fenner, Alex Fenson, Joe Polo, Shawn Rojeski
Chaska, USA
2018: Kirk Muyres
Kirk Muyres, Kevin Marsh, Daniel Marsh, Dallan Muyres
Saskatoon, SK
2017: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Greg Balsdon
Greg Balsdon, Jonathan Beuk, David Staples, Scott Chadwick
Kingston, ON
2015: Jim Cotter
Jim Cotter, Ryan Kuhn, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
Vernon, BC

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