CHAMPION: Irwin Wins 2019 Carberry King Spud Classic

Brandon, Manitoba

SKIP
Steve
Irwin

Third
Travis
Taylor

Second
Travis
Brooks

Lead
Travis
Saban

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	9.06
PA/G:	5.94
Hammer Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Steve Irwin (Brandon, MB) won 6-4 over Jordan Smith (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Carberry King Spud Classic - Berth Spiel, held November 8 - 10, 2019 at the Carberry Curling Club in Carberry, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Irwin won 6-4 over Ty Dilello (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2019 Carberry King Spud Classic - Berth Spiel in Carberry, Manitoba, Canada; and won 7-6 over Riley Smith (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Carberry King Spud Classic - Berth Spiel in Carberry, Manitoba, Canada;

Irwin finished 2-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Irwin defeated Kelly Marnoch (Carberry, MB) 9-4 to advance to a A-Qualifier game where they lost 1-0 against Dilello to drop into a B-Qualifier game where they responded with a 1-0 win over Smith to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Carberry King Spud Classic - Berth Spiel Championship title, Irwin earned 15.201 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 24 spots the World Ranking Standings into 99th place overall with 44.131 total points. Irwin ranks 123rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.201 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

2018: Corey Chambers
Corey Chambers, Julien Leduc, Devon Wiebe, Stuart Shiells
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Kelly Marnoch
Bart Witherspoon, Kelly Marnoch, Branden Jorgensen, Chris Cameron
Carberry, MB
2008: Kelly Skinner
Bart Witherspoon, Kelly Marnoch, Branden Jorgensen, Chris Cameron
Hamiota, MB

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