CHAMPION: Jacobs Wins 2019 Stu Sells Toronto Tankard

SKIP
Brad
Jacobs

Third
Marc
Kennedy

Second
E.J.
Harnden

Lead
Ryan
Harnden

Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT) won 6-1 over Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard, held October 3 - 7, 2019 at the High Park Club in Toronto, . To advance to the championship game, Jacobs won 7-5 over Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the semifinals of the 2019 Stu Sells Toronto Tankard in Toronto; and won 5-3 over Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) in the quarterfinals.

Jacobs finished 4-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jacobs defeated Rob Ainsley (Toronto, ON) 5-2, then went on to lose 5-4 against Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB). Jacobs responded with a 6-1 win over Kirk Muyres (Saskatoon, SK). Jacobs went on to lose 8-7 against Koe. Jacobs responded with a 6-4 win over Wayne Tuck Jr. (Brantford, ON) to advance to the C-Qualifier where they 8-1 against Ainsley to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard Championship title, Jacobs earned 58.616 world rankings points along with the $12,000CDN first prize cheque. Jacobs move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 22.004 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 4th overall with 451.716 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Jacobs ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 122.210 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: Yusuke Morozumi
Yusuke Morozumi, Yuta Matsumura, Ryotaro Shukuya, Kosuke Morozumi, Masaki Iwai
Karuizawa, JPN
2022: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2021: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2020: John Epping
John Epping, Ryan Fry, Patrick Janssen, Brent Laing , Jim Wilson
Toronto, ON
2019: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NO
2018: Reid Carruthers
Mike McEwen, Reid Carruthers, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
, NL
2016: Mark Nichols
Mark Nichols, Adam Spencer, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2015: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Penetanguishene, ON
2012: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Reid Carruthers, Mark Nichols
winnipeg, MB
2011: Chris Gardner
Chris Gardner, Don Bowser, Brad Kidd, Simon Barrick
Ottawa, ON
2010: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, 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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