Appelman Runner-Up at 2011 World Financial Group Classic

SKIP
Tom
Appelman

Third
Adam
Enright

Second
Brandon
Klassen

Lead
Nathan
Connolly

Tom Appelman (Edmonton, AB) lost 6-1 to Brock Virtue (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the World Financial Group Classic, held November 11 - 13, 2011 in Calgary, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Appelman won 6-3 over Scott Bitz (Regina, SK) in the semifinals of the 2011 World Financial Group Classic in Calgary, Alberta; and won 6-3 over Matthew Blandford (Cold Lake, AB) in the quarterfinals.

Appelman finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Appelman defeated Steve Mackey (Calgary, AB) 7-2, then won 6-1 against Scott Egger (Brooks, AB) and 5-4 against Mike Libbus (Calgary, AB). Appelman won 8-3 against Matt Lemna (Airdrie, AB). Appelman went on to lose 6-2 against Virtue in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the World Financial Group Classic, Appelman take home 7.665 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN prize. For week 13 of the event schedule, Appelman did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Appelman 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

2023: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, Colton Flasch, Kevin Marsh, Daniel Marsh
Saskatoon, SK
2022: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle
Stirling, SCO
2021: Tyler Tardi
Tyler Tardi, Sterling Middleton, Jason Ginter, Jordan Tardi , Paul Tardi
Langley, BC
2019: Jeremy Harty
Jeremy Harty, Kyler Kleibrink, Joel Berger, Kurtis Goller
Calgary, AB
2018: Ted Appelman
Ted Appelman, Nathan Connolly, Shawn Donnelly, Adam Enright
Edmonton, AB
2017: Kurt Balderston
Kurt Balderston, Terry Meek, Rob Bucholz, Del Shaughnessy
Grande Prairie, AB
2016: Carl deConinck Smith
Carl deConinck Smith, Jeff Sharp, Matt Ryback, Mark Larsen
Saskatoon, SK
2015: Charley Thomas
Charley Thomas, Nathan Connolly, Brandon Klassen, DJ Kidby
Calgary, AB
2014: Brock Virtue
Brock Virtue, Charley Thomas, Brandon Klassen, DJ Kidby
Calgary, AB
2013: Chang-Min Kim
Chang-Min Kim, Min-Chan Kim, Se-Hyeon Seong, Young-Seon Seo, Eun Soo Oh
Uiseong, KOR
2012: Steve Petryk
Dan Petryk, Steve Petryk, Roland Robinson, Thomas Usselman
Calgary, AB
2011: Brock Virtue
Brock Virtue, JD Lind, Dominic Daemen, Matthew Ng
Calgary, AB
2010: Dean Ross
Dean Ross, Don DeLair, Chris Blackwell, Sean Morris
Calgary, AB

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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