CHAMPION: Morozumi Wins 2019 KW Fall Classic

Nagano, Japan

SKIP
Yusuke
Morozumi

Third
Masaki
Iwai

Second
Ryotaro
Shukuya

Lead
Kosuke
Morozumi

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	10.00
PA/G:	6.12
Hammer Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Yusuke Morozumi (Nagano, JPN) won 7-6 over Wayne Tuck Jr. (Brantford, ON) in the Final of the KW Fall Classic, held September 19 - 22, 2019 at the K-W Granite Club in Waterloo, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Morozumi won 5-4 over Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2019 KW Fall Classic in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; and won 10-4 over Tyler Stewart (Waterloo, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 KW Fall Classic in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada;

Morozumi finished 3-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Morozumi lost 5-4 to Paul Moffatt (Waterloo, ON), then responded with a 6-1 win over John Willsey (Waterloo, ON). Morozumi won 10-7 against Matthew Hall (Kitchener, ON), then won 7-3 against Sam Steep (St. Catherines, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the KW Fall Classic Championship title, Morozumi earned 26.940 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque. Morozumi move up 9 spots after posting a net gain of 19.828 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 47th overall with 94.658 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Morozumi ranks 10th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 55.825 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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