CHAMPION: Lyburn Wins 2016 Viterra Spring Berth Bonspiel

SKIP
William
Lyburn

Third
Jason
Gunnlaugson

Second
Richard
Daneault

Lead
Braden
Zawada

William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB) won 6-5 over Taylor McIntyre (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Viterra Spring Berth Bonspiel, held March 18 - 20, 2016 in Carman, Manitoba.

Lyburn finished 2-1 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Lyburn defeated Jerry Chudley (Brandon, MB) 7-6, then went on to lose 7-3 against Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB). Lyburn responded with a 6-3 win over Alex Forrest (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Viterra Spring Berth Bonspiel Championship title, Lyburn earned 16.313 world rankings points, remaining in 26th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 11.685 after improving upon their best so far this season. Lyburn ranks 18th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 160.288 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

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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