CHAMPION: Kean Wins 2019 Port Elgin Superspiel

Woodstock, Ontario

SKIP
Mark
Kean

Third
Charlie
Richard

Second
Tyler
Twining

Lead
DJ
Ronaldson

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	8.16
PA/G:	4.49
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.07
Force Efficiency:	0.81
Steal Efficiency:	0.18

Mark Kean (Woodstock, ON) won 4-2 over Richard Krell (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON) in the Final of the Port Elgin Superspiel, held November 15 - 17, 2019 at the Port Elgin Curling Club in Port Elgin, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Kean won 6-4 over Todd Birr (Ham Lake, MN) in the semifinals of the 2019 Port Elgin Superspiel in Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada; and won 8-1 over Dayna Deruelle (Harrison, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Port Elgin Superspiel in Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada;

Kean finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kean defeated Birr 6-4, then won 5-4 against Robert Wright (Toronto, ON). Kean went on to lose 6-4 against Sandy MacEwan (Sudbury, NONT). Kean responded with a 7-1 win over Sam Steep (St. Catherines, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Port Elgin Superspiel Championship title, Kean earned 24.965 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN first prize cheque. Kean move up 13 spots after posting a net gain of 18.453 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 45th overall with 102.323 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kean ranks 39th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 63.252 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: Mark Kean
Mark Kean, Brady Lumley, Matthew Garner, Spencer Dunlop
Woodstock, ON
2022: Alex Champ
Alex Champ, Charlie Richard, Terry Arnold, Scott Clinton
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2021: Pat Ferris
Pat Ferris, Ian Dickie, Connor Duhaime, Zack Shurtleff
Grimsby, ON
2019: Mark Kean
Mark Kean, Charlie Richard, Tyler Twining, DJ Ronaldson
Woodstock, ON
2018: Cory Heggestad
Cory Heggestad, Andrew Thompson, Kelly Schuh, James Freeman
,
2017: Wayne Tuck Jr.
Wayne Tuck Jr., Chad Allen, Kurt Armstrong, Matt Pretty
Brantford, ON
2016: Dayna Deruelle
Dayna Deruelle, Kevin Flewwelling, Joe Frans, Sean Harrison
Brampton , ON
2015: Dayna Deruelle
Dayna Deruelle, Kevin Flewwelling, David Staples, Sean Harrison
Brampton, ON
2014: Peter Mellor
Peter Mellor, Brett Mellor, Peter Irwin, Carrie Mellor
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2013: Daryl Shane
Daryl Shane, Don Shane, Dan Shane, Dan Rivett
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2012: Len Rominger
Len Rominger, Bill Hall, Brad Doll, Christopher Dion
St. Catharines, ON
2011: Wayne Tuck Jr.
Wayne Tuck Jr., Craig Kochan, Scott McDonald, Paul Moffatt
Strathroy, ON
2009: Al Corbeil
Wayne Tuck Jr., Craig Kochan, Scott McDonald, Paul Moffatt
Collingwood, ON
2006: Curtis Cassidy
Curtis Cassidy, Darryl Nodwell, Ray Paget, Mike Ross
,
2005: Al Hutchinson
Al Hutchinson, Daryl Shane, Bruce Cox, Peter Irwin
,
1995: Jason Boyce
Jason Boyce
Bradford, ON
1993: John Base
John Base
Oakville, ON

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