CHAMPION: Calvert Wins 2019 Atkins Curling Supplies Classic

SKIP
Braden
Calvert

Third
Kyle
Kurz

Second
Ian
McMillan

Lead
Rob
Gordon

Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) won 9-1 over Korey Dropkin (Chaska, USA) in the Final of the Atkins Curling Supplies Classic, held October 25 - 28, 2019 at the Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Calvert won 6-0 over Todd Birr (Ham Lake, MN) in the semifinals of the 2019 Atkins Curling Supplies Classic in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; and won 7-2 over Corey Chambers (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals.

Calvert finished 4-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Calvert defeated Brett Walter (Winnipeg, MB) 4-2, then won 7-3 against Manitoba's Mark Lukowich and 9-5 against Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB). Calvert won 6-4 against Chambers in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Atkins Curling Supplies Classic Championship title, Calvert earned 25.910 world rankings points along with the $3,500CDN first prize cheque, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 19th place overall with 252.975 total points. Calvert ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 109.457 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

2022: Zachary Wasylik
Zachary Wasylik, Jack Hykaway, Joshua Harding, Graham Normand
Winnipeg, MB
2021: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Kyle Kurz, Ian McMillan, Rob Gordon
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Kyle Kurz, Ian McMillan, Rob Gordon, Justin Richter
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Corey Chambers
Corey Chambers, Julien Leduc, Devon Wiebe, Stuart Shiells
Winnipeg, MB
2017: David Bohn
David Bohn, Justin Richter, Tyler Forrest, Bryce J. McEwen
Winnipeg, MB

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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