Smith Reaches 2021 Rick Rowsell Classic Quarters

SKIP
Alex
Smith

Third
Stephen
Trickett

Second
Zach
Young

Lead
Mike
Mosher

Alex Smith (St. John's, NL) qualified for the 2021 Rick Rowsell Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-4 against Andrew Symonds (St. John's, NL). of the 2021 Rick Rowsell Classic in St. John's;

Smith finished 2-2 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith defeated Carter Holden (St. John's, NL) 12-2, then won 11-2 against Sean O'Leary (St. John's, NL). Smith went on to lose 6-1 against Greg Smith (St. John's, NL). Smith lost 8-4 to Nathan Young (St. John's, NL) in their final qualifying round match.

Smith earned 5.521 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Rick Rowsell Classic, moving up 30 spots the World Ranking Standings into 99th place overall with 18.003 total points. Smith ranks 42nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.521 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: Nathan Young
Nathan Young, Sam Follett, Nathan Locke, Ben Stringer
St. John's, NL
2021: Andrew Symonds
Andrew Symonds, Colin Thomas, Chris Ford, Keith Jewer
St. John's, NL
2019: Colin Thomas
Colin Thomas, Stephen Trickett, Zach Young, Mike Mosher
St. John's, NL

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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