Ainsley Reaches 2022 Stu Sells Port Elgin Superspiel Quarters

SKIP
Rob
Ainsley

Third
Dave
Ellis

Second
Graeme
Robson

Lead
Darren
Karn

Rob Ainsley (Toronto, ON) qualified for the 2022 Stu Sells Port Elgin Superspiel playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-4 against Alex Champ (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON).

Ainsley finished 3-2 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ainsley lost 4-1 to Paul Moffatt (Waterloo, ON), then responded with a 6-3 win over Michael Fournier (Toronto, ON). Ainsley went on to lose 6-3 against Greg Smith (St. John's, NL). Ainsley responded with a 8-2 win over Colton Daly (Georgetown, ON). Ainsley won 8-4 against Hayato Sato (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Ainsley earned 9.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Stu Sells Port Elgin Superspiel, moving up 11 spots the World Ranking Standings into 94th place overall with 38.068 total points. Ainsley ranks 87th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 24.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	15	14	0	0.517	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	208	152	140	7.31	6.73	0.58	4.42	4.28	1.65	1.57	1.30

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	103	104	44	12	1-1	9-4	20-4	1.01	0.43	0.33	0.28

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	105	48	96	15	3-0	2-4	5-28	0.46	0.91	0.47	0.29

2023: Mark Kean
Mark Kean, Brady Lumley, Matthew Garner, Spencer Dunlop
Woodstock, ON
2022: Alex Champ
Alex Champ, Charlie Richard, Terry Arnold, Scott Clinton
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2021: Pat Ferris
Pat Ferris, Ian Dickie, Connor Duhaime, Zack Shurtleff
Grimsby, ON
2019: Mark Kean
Mark Kean, Charlie Richard, Tyler Twining, DJ Ronaldson
Woodstock, ON
2018: Cory Heggestad
Cory Heggestad, Andrew Thompson, Kelly Schuh, James Freeman
,
2017: Wayne Tuck Jr.
Wayne Tuck Jr., Chad Allen, Kurt Armstrong, Matt Pretty
Brantford, ON
2016: Dayna Deruelle
Dayna Deruelle, Kevin Flewwelling, Joe Frans, Sean Harrison
Brampton , ON
2015: Dayna Deruelle
Dayna Deruelle, Kevin Flewwelling, David Staples, Sean Harrison
Brampton, ON
2014: Peter Mellor
Peter Mellor, Brett Mellor, Peter Irwin, Carrie Mellor
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2013: Daryl Shane
Daryl Shane, Don Shane, Dan Shane, Dan Rivett
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
2012: Len Rominger
Len Rominger, Bill Hall, Brad Doll, Christopher Dion
St. Catharines, ON
2011: Wayne Tuck Jr.
Wayne Tuck Jr., Craig Kochan, Scott McDonald, Paul Moffatt
Strathroy, ON
2009: Al Corbeil
Wayne Tuck Jr., Craig Kochan, Scott McDonald, Paul Moffatt
Collingwood, ON
2006: Curtis Cassidy
Curtis Cassidy, Darryl Nodwell, Ray Paget, Mike Ross
,
2005: Al Hutchinson
Al Hutchinson, Daryl Shane, Bruce Cox, Peter Irwin
,
1995: Jason Boyce
Jason Boyce
Bradford, ON
1993: John Base
John Base
Oakville, 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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