Kean Reaches 2019 KW Fall Classic Semifinals

London, Ontario

SKIP
Mark
Kean

Third
Charlie
Richard

Second
Tyler
Twining

Lead
DJ
Ronaldson

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	10.24
PA/G:	7.07
Hammer Efficiency:	0.74
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.17

Mark Kean (London, ON) run at the 2019 KW Fall Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-6 loss to Wayne Tuck Jr. (Brantford, ON). of the 2019 KW Fall Classic in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; Kean advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-4 win over Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Nagano, JPN). of the 2019 KW Fall Classic in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada;

Kean finished 3-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kean defeated Richard Krell (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON) 9-5, then went on to lose 9-6 against Sam Steep (St. Catherines, ON). Kean responded with a 8-0 win over Rob Retchless (Tunbridge Wells, ENG). Kean won 6-4 against Sam Mooibroek (Cambridge, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Kean earned 15.266 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the KW Fall Classic, moving up 6 spots the World Ranking Standings into 49th place overall with 91.052 total points. Kean ranks 29th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 25.934 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: Alex Champ
Alex Champ, Charlie Richard, DJ Ronaldson, Scott Clinton
Toronto, ON
2022: Michael Fournier
Michael Fournier, Kevin Flewwelling, Sean Harrison, Zander Elmes
Toronto, ON
2021: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle , Greg Drummond
Stirling, SCO
2020: Paul Moffatt
Paul Moffatt, Ben Shane, John Gabel, Kyle Forster
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2019: Yusuke Morozumi
Yusuke Morozumi, Masaki Iwai, Ryotaro Shukuya, Kosuke Morozumi
Nagano, JPN
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

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