Manuel Runner-Up at 2020 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic

SKIP
Matthew
Manuel

Third
Luke
Saunders

Second
Jeffrey
Meagher

Lead
Ryan
Abraham

Matthew Manuel (Halifax, NS) lost 6-2 to Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the Final of the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic, held November 12 - 15, 2020 at the Halifax Curling Club in Halifax, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Manuel won 7-3 over Paul Dexter (Halifax, NS) in the semifinals of the 2020 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; and won 6-1 over Stuart Thompson (Halifax, NS) in the quarterfinals. of the 2020 Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada;

Manuel finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Manuel lost 8-3 to James Grattan (Oromocto, NB), then responded with a 7-6 win over Andrew Symonds (St. John's, NL). Manuel won 7-3 against Greg Smith (St. John's, NL), then won 8-4 against Graeme Weagle (Chester, NS) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Stu Sells 1824 Halifax Classic, Manuel take home 0.000 world rankings points along with the $4,000CDN prize. For week 13 of the event schedule, Manuel did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 136th place on the World Ranking Standings with 19.635 total points. Manuel ranks 277th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 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: Felix Asselin
Felix Asselin, Martin Crete, Emile Asselin, Jean-Francois Trepanier
Montreal, QC
2022: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Scott Chadwick
Toronto, ON
2021: Stuart Thompson
Stuart Thompson, Kendal Thompson, Colten Steele, Michael Brophy
Halifax, NS
2020: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Ryan McNeil Lamswood
St. John's, NL
2019: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Scott Howard, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishene, ON
2018: Scott Howard
Scott Howard, Adam Spencer, David Mathers, Tim March
Penetanguishe, ON

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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