Aitken1-2 at 2018 West City Honda Mens Curling Classic

SKIP
Paul
Aitken

Third
Jeff
Clark

Second
Bill
Russell

Lead
Brian
Sheehan

Paul Aitken (Cobourg, ON) finished 1-2 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Aitken lost 8-5 to Gord Norton (Ajax, ON), then responded with a 7-6 win over Jim Bell (Unionville, ON). Aitken went on to lose 7-5 against Nathan Martin (Oshawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Aitken earned 0.526 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Aitken move up 58 spots after posting a net gain of 0.522 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 475th overall with 0.560 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Aitken ranks 337th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.526 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

2018: Jeffrey Stewart
Jeffrey Stewart, Matthew Kennerknecht, Benoit Vezeau, Jon Spring
Montreal, QC
2017: Dave Collyer
Dave Collyer, Bryce Rowe, Ryan Ward, Bill Leitch
Belleville, ON
2016: Jeff Clark
Jeff Clark, Todd Jones, Chuck Gaudette, Brian Sheehan
Cobourg, ON
2008: Robert Dickson
Jeff Clark, Todd Jones, Chuck Gaudette, Brian Sheehan
Tweed, ON
2007: Robert Dickson
Jeff Clark, Todd Jones, Chuck Gaudette, Brian Sheehan
Napanee, ON
2006: Brian Suddard
Brian Suddard
Oshawa, ON
2005: Bill Hope
Bill Hope, Jason Hope, Scott Clarence, Scott Kerr
Trenton, ON
2004: John Collins
John Collins, Dave Collyer, Thor Parker, Bill Leitch
Belleville, ON

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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