CHAMPION: Timofeev Wins 2018 KW Fall Classic

Moscow, Russia

SKIP
Alexey
Timofeev

Third
Alexey
Stukalskiy

Second
Artur
Razhabov

Lead
Artem
Shmakov

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	8.60
PA/G:	5.61
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.65
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Alexey Timofeev (Moscow, RUS) won 9-4 over Rob Ainsley (Toronto, ON) in the Final of the 2018 KW Fall Classic in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Timofeev won 9-2 over John Willsey () in the semifinals and won 8-3 over Ian Dickie () in the quarterfinals.

Timofeev finished 3-2 in the 16 team KW Fall Classic qualifying round, held September 20 - 23, 2018 at the K-W Granite Club in Waterloo, Canada. In their opening game, Timofeev lost 8-7 to Pat Ferris (Grimsby, ON), droppimg another game, 6-1 to Charlie Richard (London, ON) where Timofeev responded with a 5-4 win over Xiu Yue Ma (Beijing, CHN). Timofeev won 5-4 against Ed Cyr (Fredericton, NB), then won 5-1 against Andrew Stopera (Chaska, USA) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the KW Fall Classic Championship title, Timofeev earned 22.596 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque. Timofeev move up 32 spots after posting a net gain of 18.393 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 76th overall with 47.426 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Timofeev ranks 21st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 30.375 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2019	6	2	0	0.750	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2019	57	49	32	8.60	5.61	2.98	4.91	4.04	1.75	1.39	1.05

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2019	25	41	4	1	2-0	3-0	5-1	1.64	0.16	0.42	0.12

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2019	32	8	28	5	0-0	0-1	1-6	0.25	0.88	0.65	0.22

2018: Alexey Timofeev
Alexey Timofeev, Alexey Stukalskiy, Artur Razhabov, Artem Shmakov, Sergei Glukhov
St. Petersburg, RUS
2017: Matthew Hall
Matthew Hall, Jeff Wanless, Joey Hart, David Hart
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2016: Richard Krell
Richard Krell, Evan Lilly, Jonah Mondloch, Robert Currie
Waterloo, ON
2015: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Jia Liang Zang, De Xin Ba, Xiao Ming Xu
Harbin, CHN
2014: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Brett Dekoning, Scott Brandon, Shane Konings
London, ON
2013: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Brett Dekoning, Connor Duhaime, Simon Barrick
London, ON
2012: Mark Kean
Mark Kean, Travis Fanset, Patrick Janssen, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2011: Rob Rumfeldt
Rob Rumfeldt, Adam Spencer, Scott Hodgson, Greg Robinson
Guelph, ON
2010: Greg Balsdon
Greg Balsdon, Chris Ciasnocha, Tyler Morgan, Jamie Farnell
Kingston, ON
2009: Dale Matchett
Dale Matchett, Ryan Werenich, Jeff Gorda, Shawn Kaufman
Bradford, ON
2008: Dale Matchett
Dale Matchett, Ryan Werenich, Jeff Gorda, Shawn Kaufman
Churchill, ON

Jang/Seong wins New Zealand Winter Games Mixed Doubles

World Curling Tour Release -- Korea's Team Hyeji Jang and Yujin Seong have won the gold medal at the Mixed Doubles Curling Tournament fuelled by Forsyth Barr.

Kubota Challenge: Gord Bamford vs Brad Gushue

STONE + STRAW: S02:EP06 - Jason Gunnlaugson

Host John Cullen travels to Thunder Bay, Ontario, for the Tour Challenge to interview Winnipeg's own Jason Gunnlaugson. Though Gunnlaugson has yet to win a... (read more)
CURLING LEGENDS PODCAST: Epsiode 55 - Larry Wood

Larry Wood doesn't like puff pieces. He became editor of the Tankard Times, a daily newspaper at the Brier, on one condition; he wasn't going... (read more)
CURL WITH MATH: Epsiode 55 - Larry Wood

Larry Wood doesn't like puff pieces.;nbsp; He became editor of the Tankard Times, a daily newspaper at the Brier, on one condition; he wasn't going... (read more)
CURLING HISTORY: An American Curling Story

If you have any doubts about the effect that winning Olympic Gold Medals has on the perception of the sport by the general public, you could ask Rhona Martin... (read more)
EXTRA EXTRA END PODCAST: E25: Season wrap up with our "best...

We are back one final time this season, as TESN co-hosts Price Atkinson and "The Godfather" Joe Calabrese wrap up the 2018-19 campaign with their "best of."... (read more)