CHAMPION: Allen Wins 2018 COMCO Cash Spiel

Ottawa, Ontario

SKIP
Steve
Allen

Third
Ritchie
Gillian

Second
Rick
Allen

Lead
Kevin
Rathwell

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	10.98
PA/G:	4.63
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.16
Force Efficiency:	0.83
Steal Efficiency:	0.45

Steve Allen (Ottawa, ON) won 8-1 over John Willsey (Waterloo, ON) in the Final of the COMCO Cash Spiel, held November 9 - 11, 2018 at the Stroud Curling Club in Innisfil, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Allen won 7-2 over Colin Dow (Ottawa, ON) in the semifinals of the 2018 COMCO Cash Spiel in Innisfil, Ontario, Canada; and won 10-2 over Ian Dickie (Newmarket, ON) in the quarterfinals.

Allen finished 3-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Allen defeated Terry Corbin (Brantford, ON) 5-3, then won 7-5 against Dickie and 8-6 against Michael Shepherd (Richmond Hill, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the COMCO Cash Spiel Championship title, Allen earned 21.109 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 18 spots the World Ranking Standings into 46th place overall with 88.661 total points. Allen ranks 40th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 55.824 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: Sam Mooibroek
Sam Mooibroek, Scott Mitchell, Nathan Steele, Colin Schnurr, Wyatt Small
Whitby, ON
2022: Pat Ferris
Pat Ferris, Connor Lawes, Connor Duhaime, Robert Currie, Evan Lilly
Grimsby, ON
2019: Richard Krell
Richard Krell, Shane Konings, Spencer Nuttall, Matt Pretty
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2018: Steve Allen
Steve Allen, Ritchie Gillian, Rick Allen, Kevin Rathwell, Brian Benning
Ottawa, ON
2017: John Steski
Jordie Lyon-Hatcher, Brett Lyon-Hatcher, Matt Haughn, John Steski, Jordie Lyon-Hatcher
Ottawa, ON
2016: Dayna Deruelle
Dayna Deruelle, Kevin Flewwelling, David Staples, Sean Harrison
Brampton , ON
2015: Dayna Deruelle
Dayna Deruelle, Kevin Flewwelling, David Staples, Sean Harrison
Brampton, ON
2014: Chris Wimmer
Chris Wimmer, Kris Bourgeois, Dave Thompson, Sean Harrison
Cookstown, ON
2013: Darryl Prebble
Darryl Prebble, Denis Belanger, Mark Koivula, Dennis Lemon
Toronto, ON
2012: Pat Ferris
Pat Ferris, Andrew Fairfull, Craig Fairfull, Robert Larmer
Grimsby, ON
2011: Cory Heggestad
Cory Heggestad, Derek Abbotts, Dan Balachorek, Darryl MacKenzie
Barrie, ON
2010: Cory Heggestad
Cory Heggestad, Derek Abbotts, Dan Balachorek, Darryl MacKenzie
Barrie, ON
2008: Al Corbeil
Al Corbeil, Ken Leach, Sean Flaherty, Tom Cunningham
Collingwood, ON
2007: Cory Heggestad
Al Corbeil, Ken Leach, Sean Flaherty, Tom Cunningham
Barrie, ON
2006: Daryl Shane
Daryl Shane, Kevin Fanjoy, Dylan Tippin, Aaron Johnson
Kitchener, ON
2005: Al Hutchinson
Al Hutchinson, Daryl Shane, Bruce Cox, Wade Walsh
Owen Sound, ON
2004: Rob Lipsett
Rob Lipsett, Wade Walsh, Dylan Tippin, Aaron Johnson
Owen Sound, ON

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