Lyburn Runner-Up at 2016 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
William
Lyburn

Third
Jared
Kolomaya

Second
Richard
Daneault

Lead
Braden
Zawada

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	8.67
PA/G:	7.11
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB) lost 7-2 to Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling, held December 30 - January 2, 2017 at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Blaine, United States. To advance to the championship game, Lyburn won 7-6 over Rui Liu (HARBIN, CHN) in the semifinals of the 2016 ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling in Blaine, Minnesota, United States; and won 7-3 over Craig Brown (Blaine, MN) in the quarterfinals.

Lyburn finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Lyburn defeated Trevor Bonot (Thunder Bay, ON) 9-4, then won 7-6 against Pete Fenson (Bemidji, MN) and 7-6 against Liu in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the ASHAM U.S. Open of Curling, Lyburn take home 21.533 world rankings points along with the $4,705CDN prize, remaining in 22nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 18.718 after improving upon their best so far this season. Lyburn ranks 23rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 119.809 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: Daniel Casper
Daniel Casper, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson, Chase Sinnett , Jordan Moulton
Chaska, MN
2022: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell
Duluth, MN
2021: Luc Violette
Luc Violette, Chase Sinnett, Ben Richardson, Jon Harstad
Chaska, MN
2019: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Philip Tilker, Kroy Nernberger
Minneapolis, USA
2018: Soo-Hyuk Kim
Soo-Hyuk Kim, ByeongJin Jeong, JeongJae Lee, DonghYeong Lee, Hyeonjun Hwang
Seoul, KOR
2016: Matt Dunstone
Matt Dunstone, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2016: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2015: Steve Laycock
Steve Laycock, Kirk Muyres, Colton Flasch, Gerry Adam
Saskatoon, SK
2014: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Jia Liang Zang, Xiao Ming Xu, De Xin Ba
Harbin, CHN

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