CHAMPION: Appelman Wins 2013 Shamrock Shotgun

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Tom
Appelman

Third
Nathan
Connolly

Second
Brandon
Klassen

Lead
Parker
Konschuh

Games:	5
Record:	5W - 0L
PF/G:	13.46
PA/G:	1.92
Hammer Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Defense:	0.08
Force Efficiency:	1.00
Steal Efficiency:	0.71

Tom Appelman (Edmonton, AB) won 5-3 over Mike Hutchings (Morinville, AB) in the Final of the Shamrock Shotgun, held October 25 - 27, 2013 in Edmonton, Alberta. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Appelman won 7-0 over Greg Keith (Spruce Grove, AB) to advance to the championship game. of the 2013 Shamrock Shotgun in Edmonton, Alberta; of the 2013 Shamrock Shotgun in Edmonton, Alberta;

Appelman finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Appelman defeated Hutchings 8-0, then won 7-1 against Warren Cross (Edmonton, AB) and 8-1 against Richard Guidinger (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Shamrock Shotgun Championship title, Appelman earned 0.000 world rankings points along with the $2,500CDN first prize cheque. For week 11 of the event schedule, Appelman did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 63rd to 65th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 21.264 total points. Appelman ranks 48th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.770 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	31	21	0	0.596	10-7	7-5	2-4	2-0	0-3

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	377	288	225	7.64	5.97	1.67	4.32	3.98	1.77	1.50	1.70

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	200	220	53	44	11-1	13-1	44-8	1.10	0.27	0.44	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	177	68	172	20	1-3	4-8	9-34	0.38	0.97	0.59	0.27

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