CHAMPION: Champ Wins 2022 Stu Sells Port Elgin Superspiel

SKIP
Alex
Champ

Third
Charlie
Richard

Second
Terry
Arnold

Lead
Scott
Clinton

Alex Champ (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON) won 6-0 over Greg Smith (St. John's, NL) in the Final of the Stu Sells Port Elgin Superspiel, held November 18 - 20, 2022 at the Port Elgin Curling Club in Port Elgin, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Champ won 6-2 over John Willsey (Oakville, ON) in the semifinals of the 2022 Stu Sells Port Elgin Superspiel in Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada; and won 7-4 over Rob Ainsley (Toronto, ON) in the quarterfinals.

Champ finished 3-0 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Champ defeated Michael Fournier (Toronto, ON) 6-2, then won 7-6 against Paul Moffatt (Waterloo, ON) and 7-3 against Dayna Deruelle (Harriston, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Stu Sells Port Elgin Superspiel Championship title, Champ earned 22.500 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 46 spots the World Ranking Standings into 86th place overall with 43.658 total points. Champ ranks 63rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 35.188 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	20	17	0	0.541	1-0	0-4	0-1	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	261	183	182	7.01	6.97	0.04	4.33	4.52	1.62	1.54	1.15

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	136	128	62	16	4-1	6-3	28-9	0.94	0.46	0.32	0.32

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	125	55	120	14	0-3	3-8	12-21	0.44	0.96	0.57	0.30

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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