CHAMPION: Martin/Griffith Wins 2021 Nufloors Vernon MD Curling Classic

Nancy Martin/Tyrel Griffith (Saskatoon , SK) won 8-3 over Chaelynn Kitz/Brayden Stewart (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final of the Nufloors Vernon MD Curling Classic, held December 3 - 5, 2021 in Vernon, British Columbia. To advance to the championship game, Martin/Griffith won 9-4 over British Columbia's Eryn Czirfusz/Coburn Fadden in the semifinals of the 2021 Nufloors Vernon MD Curling Classic in Vernon, British Columbia; and won 8-7 over Bobbie Sauder/Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 Nufloors Vernon MD Curling Classic in Vernon, British Columbia;

Martin/Griffith finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Martin/Griffith defeated British Columbia's Sherrie Burechailo-Dias/Jeff Barkun 10-3, then went on to lose 8-3 against Kim Schwaerzle/Erik Colwell (Vernon, BC). Martin/Griffith responded with a 10-2 win over British Columbia's Eryn Czirfusz/Coburn Fadden. Martin/Griffith won 7-2 against British Columbia's Mikayla Czirfusz/Andrew Nerpin in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Nufloors Vernon MD Curling Classic Championship title, Martin/Griffith earned 25.887 world rankings points along with the $2,500CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 25.888 after improving upon their best so far this season. Martin/Griffith ranks 32nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 42.898 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	18	7	0	0.720	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	170	166	125	9.76	7.35	2.41	5.71	4.24	1.71	1.74	0.06

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	80	106	33	0	6-1	10-2	7-4	1.33	0.41	0.29	0.28

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	90	60	92	1	1-3	3-9	12-13	0.67	1.02	0.50	0.43

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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