CHAMPION: Smith Wins 2021 Mother Club Fall Curling Classic

SKIP
Riley
Smith

Third
Nick
Curtis

Second
Jared
Hancox

Lead
Justin
Twiss

Riley Smith (Winnipeg, MB) won 6-4 over Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Mother Club Fall Curling Classic, held September 16 - 19, 2021 at the Granite Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Smith won 4-3 over Pat Simmons (Winnipeg, MB) to advance to the championship game. of the 2021 Mother Club Fall Curling Classic in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; of the 2021 Mother Club Fall Curling Classic in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

Smith finished 3-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith lost 3-2 to Ryan Wiebe (Winnipeg, MB), then responded with a 5-3 win over Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB). Smith won 4-2 against Corey Chambers (Winnipeg, MB), then won 6-3 against Steen Sigurdson (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Mother Club Fall Curling Classic Championship title, Smith earned 26.138 world rankings points along with the $1,600CDN first prize cheque, moving up 82 spots the World Ranking Standings into 57th place overall with 37.141 total points. Smith ranks 13th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 26.138 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

2022: Ryan Wiebe
Ryan Wiebe, Ty Dilello, Sean Flatt, Adam Flatt
Winnipeg, MB
2021: Riley Smith
Riley Smith, Nick Curtis, Jared Hancox, Justin Twiss, Josh Claeys
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Adam Casey, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Tanner Lott
Tanner Lott, Colton Lott, Kennedy Bird, Wade Ford
Winnipeg Beach, MB
2017: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2016: David Bohn
David Bohn, Justin Richter, Tyler Forrest, Bryce J. McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2015: David Bohn
David Bohn, Justin Richter, Tyler Forrest, Bryce J. McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Sean Grassie
Sean Grassie, Corey Chambers, Kody Janzen, Stuart Shiells
Winnipeg, MB

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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