CHAMPION: Hall Wins 2019 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel

Kitchener, Ontario

SKIP
Matthew
Hall

Third
Alex
Champ

Second
Terry
Arnold

Lead
Scott
Clinton

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	10.88
PA/G:	6.18
Hammer Efficiency:	0.63
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.70
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Matthew Hall (Kitchener, ON) won 6-4 over Doug Johnston (Ottawa, ON) in the Final of the 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel, held November 22 - 24, 2019 at the Gananoque Curling Club in Gananoque, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Hall won 10-2 over Pascal Michaud (Ottawa, ON) to advance to the championship game. of the 2019 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel in Gananoque, Ontario, Canada; of the 2019 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel in Gananoque, Ontario, Canada;

Hall finished 2-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hall lost 7-6 to Michaud, then responded with a 7-1 win over Shawn Blair (Ormstown, QC). Hall won 8-7 against Steve Holdaway (Montreal , QC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel Championship title, Hall earned 9.223 world rankings points along with the $1,600CDN first prize cheque, moving up 56 spots the World Ranking Standings into 161st place overall with 20.708 total points. Hall ranks 137th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.114 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: Matthew Hall
Matthew Hall, Alex Champ, Terry Arnold, Scott Clinton
Kitchener, ON
2018: Jia Liang Zang
Jia Liang Zang, De Xin Ba, Yanlong Ma, Jin Bo Wang
Harbin, CHN
2006: Greg Richardson
Greg Richardson, Daryl Smith, Paul Winford, Mike Potter
Ottawa, ON
2005: Steve Allen
Steve Allen, Gary Harris, Rick Allen, Dave Draper
, QC

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