CHAMPION: Schlender Wins 2013 Black Diamond / High River Cash

Airdrie, Alberta

SKIP
Robert
Schlender

Third
Aaron
Sluchinski

Second
Justin
Sluchinski

Lead
Dylan
Webster

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	8.33
PA/G:	4.52
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.43

Robert Schlender (Airdrie, AB) won 7-3 over Dean Mamer (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the Black Diamond / High River Cash, held November 29 - December 1, 2013 in Black Diamond / High River, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Schlender won 6-1 over Bob Genoway (Calgary, AB) in the semifinals of the 2013 Black Diamond / High River Cash in Black Diamond / High River, Alberta; and won 5-4 over Scott Webb (Peace River, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2013 Black Diamond / High River Cash in Black Diamond / High River, Alberta;

Schlender finished 2-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Schlender defeated Jamie Chisholm (Calgary, AB) 6-2, then won 5-2 against Mike Libbus (Black Diamond, AB). Schlender went on to lose 7-6 against Mamer in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Black Diamond / High River Cash Championship title, Schlender earned 2.500 world rankings points along with the $2,500CDN first prize cheque, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 54th place overall with 30.463 total points. Schlender ranks 40th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 19.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	33	26	0	0.559	15-10	4-8	2-2	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	422	308	277	7.30	6.56	0.73	4.67	4.08	1.56	1.61	1.26

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	213	244	45	28	4-0	14-1	52-9	1.15	0.21	0.38	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	209	64	232	25	0-5	6-12	6-52	0.31	1.11	0.50	0.22

2019: Qiang Zou
Qiang Zou, Zhi Yu Wang, Jiafeng Tian, Jingtao Xu
, CHN
2018: Thomas Usselman
Thomas Usselman, Aaron Sarafinchan, Morgan Van Doesburg, Brad Kokoroyannis, Colin Davison
Rocky Mountain House, AB
2017: Aaron Sluchinski
Aaron Sluchinski, Dean Mamer, Kerr Drummond, Dylan Webster
Airdrie, AB
2016: Kevin Yablonski
Kevin Yablonski, Michael Roy, Scott Garnett, Matthew McDonald
Calgary, AB
2015: Kevin Park
Kevin Park, Adam Norget, Kerr Drummond, Dylan Webster
Edmonton, AB
2014: Brock Virtue
Brock Virtue, Charley Thomas, Darren Moulding, Kalynn Park
Calgary, AB
2013: Robert Schlender
Robert Schlender, Aaron Sluchinski, Justin Sluchinski, Dylan Webster
Airdrie, AB

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