CHAMPION: Wipf Wins 2024 New Holland Canadian Junior Championships

SKIP
Kenan
Wipf

Third
Ky
Macaulay

Second
Michael
Keenan

Lead
Max
Cinnamon

Kenan Wipf (Calgary, AB) won 7-6 over Calan MacIsaac (Truro, NS) in the Final of the New Holland Canadian Junior Championships , held March 24 - 31, 2024 in Fort McMurray, Alberta. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Wipf won 7-5 over Jace Freeman (Virden, MB) to advance to the championship game. of the 2024 New Holland Canadian Junior Championships in Fort McMurray, Alberta;

Wipf finished 7-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wipf defeated MacIsaac 7-6, then won 9-8 against Kibo Mulima (Guelph, ON) and 7-6 against Ian Deschene (Sudbury, NO). Wipf won 8-4 against Jack MacFayden (Summerside, PEI). Wipf went on to lose 8-3 against Freeman. Wipf responded with a 10-3 win over Alex Duncan-Wu (Salmon Arm, BC). Wipf won 9-5 against Timothy Marin (Sherwood Park, AB), then won 9-2 against Brendan Rajala (Sudbury, NO) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the New Holland Canadian Junior Championships Championship title, Wipf earned 7.500 world rankings points, moving up 42 spots the World Ranking Standings into 130th place overall with 16.688 total points. Wipf ranks 130th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 16.688 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	13	15	0	0.464	0-2	0-3	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	214	175	173	8.18	8.08	0.09	4.72	4.72	1.73	1.71	0.56

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	108	110	50	7	1-1	6-2	27-9	1.02	0.46	0.34	0.31

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	106	65	123	5	3-4	2-7	16-27	0.61	1.16	0.43	0.32

Sudbury's Jake and Tanner Horgan will ply their trade elsewhere next season as John Epping and Ian MacMillan explore options for the future.

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