CHAMPION: Kelly Wins 2019 Kalamazoo Men's Classic

Chatham, Ontario

SKIP
Dale
Kelly

Third
Mark
Patterson

Second
Ed
DeSchutter

Lead
Aiden
Poole

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	10.29
PA/G:	6.29
Hammer Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.40

Dale Kelly (Chatham, ON) won 9-3 over Rick Law (Kingsville, ON) in the Final of the Kalamazoo Men's Classic, held October 11 - 13, 2019 at the Kalamazoo Curling Club in Kalamazoo, United States. To advance to the championship game, Kelly won 8-5 over Brandon Corbett (Dundas, ON) in the semifinals of the 2019 Kalamazoo Men's Classic in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States; and won 1-0 over Dominik Maerki (Chaska, MN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Kalamazoo Men's Classic in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States;

Kelly finished 2-1 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kelly defeated Jeremy Hozjan (Charlotte, NC) 7-3, then won 7-5 against Scott Strouse (Midland, MI). Kelly went on to lose 6-4 against Law in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Kalamazoo Men's Classic Championship title, Kelly earned 9.959 world rankings points along with the $1,965CDN first prize cheque, moving up 80 spots the World Ranking Standings into 175th place overall with 17.217 total points. Kelly ranks 118th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 9.959 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

2019: Dale Kelly
Dale Kelly, Mark Patterson, Ed DeSchutter, Aiden Poole
Chatham, ON
2018: Rick Law
Rick Law, Sean Boyle , Jason Wingerden
Belle River, ON
2017: Brandon Corbett
Brandon Corbett, Derek Corbett, Aaron Carlson, Daniel Dudt
Rochester, NY
2016: Sean Murray
Sean Murray, Mark Robinson, Nicholas Visnich, Alex Visnich
Pittsburgh, PA

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