Ursel5-2 at PriceWaterhouseCoopers Westcoast Curling Classic

Fourth
Jim
Cotter

SKIP
Bob
Ursel

Second
Kevin
Folk

Lead
Rick
Sawatsky

Bob Ursel (Kelowna, BC) finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ursel defeated Darren Smale (Kamloops, BC) 6-4, then won 4-1 against Ken Watson (Surrey, BC). Ursel went on to lose 7-5 against Randy Ferbey (Edmonton, AB). Ursel responded with a 6-4 win over Japan's Yusuke Morozumi. Ursel won 7-4 against Kevin Koe (Edmonton, AB). Ursel went on to lose 7-0 against Ferbey. Ursel responded with a 6-3 win over Dan Petryk (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Ursel earned 14.250 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the PriceWaterhouseCoopers Westcoast Curling Classic. For week of the event schedule, Ursel did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Ursel 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

2012: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2011: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2010: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2009: Bob Ursel
Jim Cotter, Bob Ursel, Kevin Folk, Rick Sawatsky
Kelowna, BC
2008: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2007: Kevin Koe
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2006: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2005: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2004: David Hamblin
David Hamblin, Ross Derksen, Kevin Hamblin, Ross McConnell
Winnipeg, MB
2003: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Garry VanDenBerghe, Steve Gould
Winnipeg, MB
2002: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2001: Greg McAulay
Greg McAulay, Brent Pierce, Bryan Miki, Jody Sveistrup
Richmond, BC

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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