Callaghan Runner-Up at 2017 Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel

SKIP
Mike
Callaghan

Third
Logan
Ward

Second
Ian
Wilson

Lead
Brad
Wilson

Mike Callaghan (Halifax, NS) lost 8-7 to Kendal Thompson (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel, held November 24 - 26, 2017 in Windsor, Nova Scotia. To advance to the championship game, Callaghan won 6-4 over Alan O'Leary (Dartmouth, NS) in the semifinals of the 2017 Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel in Windsor, Nova Scotia;

Callaghan finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Callaghan lost 6-4 to Nick Hilton (Halifax, NS), then responded with a 7-5 win over Brent MacDougall (Halifax, NS). Callaghan won 11-2 against Mike Flemming (Halifax, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Spitfire Arms Cash Spiel, Callaghan take home 0.000 world rankings points along with the $800CDN prize. For week 16 of the event schedule, Callaghan did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 217th to 225th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 13.004 total points. Callaghan ranks 191st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.461 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

2015: Stuart Thompson
Stuart Thompson, Colten Steele, Travis Colter, Alex MacNeil
Halifax, NS
2016: Doug MacKenzie
Doug MacKenzie, Richard Barker, Martin Gavin, Sean Audas
Halifax, NS
2017: Kendal Thompson
Kendal Thompson, Bryce Everist, Jamie Danbrook, Jared Brown
Halifax, NS

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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