CHAMPION: Knapp Wins Curling Stadium SaskTour Tier 2 Grand Slam Qualifier

Regina, Saskatchewan

SKIP
Kelly
Knapp

Third
Brennen
Jones

Second
Dustin
Kidby

Lead
Mat
Ring

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	10.00
PA/G:	4.89
Hammer Efficiency:	0.65
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.69
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Kelly Knapp (Regina, SK) won 8-2 over Dustin Kalthoff (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final of the Curling Stadium SaskTour Tier 2 Grand Slam Qualifier, held October 3 - 5 at the Martensville Curling Club in Martensville, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Knapp won 6-4 over Steve Laycock (Swift Current, SK) in the semifinals of the Curling Stadium SaskTour Tier 2 Grand Slam Qualifier in Martensville, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won 5-4 over Dylan Derksen (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the Curling Stadium SaskTour Tier 2 Grand Slam Qualifier in Martensville, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Knapp finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Knapp defeated Garret Springer (Regina, SK) 7-1, then won 7-1 against Jason Ackerman (Saskatoon, SK). Knapp went on to lose 9-7 against Bradley Moser (Saskatoon, SK). Knapp responded with a 7-2 win over Derksen in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Curling Stadium SaskTour Tier 2 Grand Slam Qualifier Championship title, Knapp earned 15.750 world rankings points along with the $1,895CDN first prize cheque. For week 11 of the event schedule, Knapp did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Knapp 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: Kelly Knapp
Kelly Knapp, Brennen Jones, Mike Armstrong, Trent Knapp , Brian McCusker
Regina, SK
2023: Bruce Korte
Bruce Korte, Darrell McKee, Kory Kohuch, Rory Golanowski
Saskatoon, SK
2022: Kelly Knapp
Kelly Knapp, Brennen Jones, Mike Armstrong, Trent Knapp , Brian McCusker
Regina, SK
2021: Daymond Bernath
Daymond Bernath, Bryden Tessier, David Baum, Jack Reid
Saskatoon, SK

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