CHAMPION: Grattan Wins 2021 Superstore Monctonian Challenge

SKIP
James
Grattan

Third
Paul
Dobson

Second
Andy
McCann

Lead
Jamie
Brannen

James Grattan (Oromocto, NB) won 7-3 over Matthew Manuel (Halifax, NS) in the Final of the Superstore Monctonian Challenge, held October 28 - 31, 2021 in Moncton, New Brunswick. To advance to the championship game, Grattan won 5-4 over Travis Colter (Halifax, NS) in the semifinals of the 2021 Superstore Monctonian Challenge in Moncton, New Brunswick; and won 7-2 over Owen Purcell (Upper Tantallon, NS) in the quarterfinals.

Grattan finished 2-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Grattan defeated Tyler Smith (Charlottetown, PEI) 5-2, then went on to lose 7-4 against Brent MacDougall (Halifax, NS). Grattan responded with a 8-4 win over Jack Smeltzer (Fredericton, NB). Grattan went on to lose 8-3 against Manuel in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Superstore Monctonian Challenge Championship title, Grattan earned 18.475 world rankings points along with the $2,500CDN first prize cheque, moving up 25 spots the World Ranking Standings into 61st place overall with 52.794 total points. Grattan ranks 79th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 18.475 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: Jean-Michel Arsenault
Julien Tremblay, Jean-Michel Arsenault, Jesse Mullen, Philippe Brassard , Eric Sylvain
Levis, QC
2022: Tyler Smith
Tyler Smith, Adam Cocks, Alex MacFadyen, Ed White
Charlottetown, PEI
2021: James Grattan
James Grattan, Paul Dobson, Andy McCann, Jamie Brannen
Oromocto, NB
2019: Scott Jones
Scott Jones, Jeremy Mallais, Brian King, Robert Daley
Moncton, NB

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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