CHAMPION: Schwaller Wins 2018 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard

Bern, Switzerland

SKIP
Yannick
Schwaller

Third
Michael
Brunner

Second
Romano
Keller-Meier

Lead
Marcel
Kaeufeler

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	11.43
PA/G:	4.49
Hammer Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.52

Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) won 7-3 over Wayne Tuck Jr. (Strathroy, ON) in the Final of the Stu Sells Oakville Tankard, held September 6 - 9, 2018 at the Oakville Curling Club in Oakville, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Schwaller won 5-4 over Jan Hess (Zug, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2018 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard in Oakville, Ontario, Canada; and won 8-1 over Tanner Horgan (Sudbury, NONT) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard in Oakville, Ontario, Canada;

Schwaller finished 4-1 in the 26-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Schwaller defeated Alexey Timofeev (St. Petersburg, RUS) 4-1, then won 9-5 against Tuck Jr. to advance to a A-Qualifier game where they lost 7-4 against John Epping (Toronto, ON). Schwaller responded with a 9-1 win over Andrew Stopera (Chaska, USA) to advance to the B-Qualifier where they 10-0 against Jordan Chandler (Sudbury, NONT) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Stu Sells Oakville Tankard Championship title, Schwaller earned 51.858 world rankings points along with the $7,500CDN first prize cheque. Schwaller move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 35.046 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 16th overall with 226.005 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Schwaller ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 72.614 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

2021: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2019: John Epping
John Epping, Ryan Fry, Mathew Camm, Brent Laing
Toronto, ON
2018: Yannick Schwaller
Yannick Schwaller, Michael Brunner, Romano Keller-Meier, Marcel Kaeufeler , Bernhard Werthemann
Bern, SUI
2017: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Edinburgh, SCO
2016: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2015: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2014: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, ON
2012: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste. Marie, ON
2011: Rob Rumfeldt
Rob Rumfeldt, Adam Spencer, Scott Hodgson, Greg Robinson
Guelph, ON
2010: Mathew Camm
Mathew Camm, David Mathers, Fraser Reid, Andrew Hamilton
Ottawa, ON
2008: Dale Matchett
Mathew Camm, David Mathers, Fraser Reid, Andrew Hamilton
Churchill, ON
2007: Joe Frans
Mathew Camm, David Mathers, Fraser Reid, Andrew Hamilton
Oakville, ON
2006: Jay Young
Jay Young, Mark Bice, Steve Bice, Jeff Wilson
,
2005: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2004: Tim Morrison
Tim Morrison, Jason Boyce, Dennis Noakes, Kevin Noakes
,
1995: Steve Pruliere
Steve Pruliere, Bill Smith, Dana Pyke, Jim Brad
Sarnia, ON

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