CHAMPION: Niepage Wins 2021 Oakville Under 25 Kick-off

SKIP
Dylan
Niepage

Third
Gavin
Lydiate

Second
Jayden
King

Lead
Daniel
Del Conte

Dylan Niepage (Guelph, ON) won 6-2 over Nicholas Lemieux (St. Catharines, ON) in the Final of the Oakville Under 25 Kick-off, held August 20 - 22, 2021 in Oakville, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Niepage won 9-1 over Sam Steep (Seaforth, ON) in the semifinals

Niepage finished 4-0 in the 7-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Niepage defeated Scott Mitchell (Whitby, ON) 6-5, then won 7-3 against Carter Bryant (London , ON) and 6-2 against Greg Inglis (Carrying Place, ON). Niepage won 6-3 against Lemieux in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Oakville Under 25 Kick-off Championship title, Niepage earned 0.000 world rankings points along with the $1,500CDN first prize cheque. For week 4 of the event schedule, Niepage did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 310th place on the World Ranking Standings with 1.010 total points. Niepage ranks 73rd 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

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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