Deane Reaches 2024 Abbotsford Curling Classic Quarters

SKIP
Connor
Deane

Third
Matthew
McCrady

Second
Josh
Miki

Lead
Connor
Kent

Connor Deane (New Westminster, BC) qualified for the 2024 Abbotsford Curling Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-3 against Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN).

Deane finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Deane defeated Jared Kolomaya (Richmond, BC) 8-4, then went on to lose 5-4 against Abe. Deane responded with a 6-3 win over Cameron de Jong (Victoria, BC). Deane went on to lose 8-3 against Brent Pierce (New Westminister, BC). Deane responded with a 6-1 win over Brad Thompson (Kamloops, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Deane earned 6.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Abbotsford Curling Classic, moving up 9 spots the World Ranking Standings into 83rd place overall with 35.874 total points. Deane ranks 85th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 19.313 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	19	20	0	0.487	1-3	0-2	0-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	293	208	201	7.10	6.86	0.24	4.30	4.30	1.65	1.60	1.40

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	151	157	50	20	4-1	8-1	30-10	1.04	0.33	0.32	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	142	51	151	21	2-3	5-9	5-32	0.36	1.06	0.52	0.21

2025: Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
Riku Yanagisawa, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Takeru Yamamoto, Satoshi Koizumi
Karuizawa, JPN
2024: Shinya Abe
Tetsuro Shimizu, Shinya Abe, Haruto Ouchi, Hayato Sato, Sota Tsuruga
Sapporo, JPN
2022: Shinya Abe
Tetsuro Shimizu, Haruto Ouchi, Shinya Abe, Minori Suzuki, Sota Tsuruga
Sapporo, JPN
2019: Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe, Kosuke Aita
Kitami, JPN
2018: Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe, Kosuke Aita
Sapporo, JPN
2017: Jason Montgomery
Jason Montgomery, Cameron de Jong, Miles Craig, William Duggan
Victoria, BC
2016: John Morris
Jim Cotter, John Morris, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
Vernon, BC
2002: Pat Ryan
Jim Cotter, John Morris, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
, BC
2001: Pat Ryan
Pat Ryan
, BC
2000: Doug Wilcock
Pat Ryan
New Westminster, BC
1999: Rick Folk
Rick Folk, Jeff Richard, Tyler Orme, Gerry Richard
Kelowna, BC
1998: Greg McAulay
Greg McAulay, Brent Pierce, Bryan Miki, Darin Fenton
New Westminster, BC
1994: Jim Armstrong
Jim Armstrong
Vancouver, BC
1992: Steve Skillings
Steve Skillings, Mike Wood, Sean Cromarty, Colin Atkinson
Victoria, BC

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