CHAMPION: Wenzek Wins 2019 Raymond James Kelowna Double Cash

SKIP
Daniel
Wenzek

Third
Cameron
de Jong

Second
Cody
Tanaka

Lead
Nicholas
Umbach

Daniel Wenzek (New Westminster, BC) won 7-4 over Jeff Richard (Kelowna, BC) in the Final of the Raymond James Kelowna Double Cash, held November 9 - 11, 2019 at the Kelowna Curling Club in Kelowna, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Wenzek won 7-6 over Dean Joanisse (New Westminster, BC) to advance to the championship game. of the 2019 Raymond James Kelowna Double Cash in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada; of the 2019 Raymond James Kelowna Double Cash in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada;

Wenzek finished 4-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wenzek defeated Mark Longworth (Vernon, BC) 7-2, then won 7-6 against Chris Medford (Cranbrook, BC) and 4-2 against Richard. Wenzek won 8-1 against Steven Birklid (Seattle, WA) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Raymond James Kelowna Double Cash Championship title, Wenzek earned 20.028 world rankings points along with the $4,500CDN first prize cheque, moving up 19 spots the World Ranking Standings into 78th place overall with 62.377 total points. Wenzek ranks 52nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 47.210 points earned so far this season.

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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

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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