Symonds Runner-Up at 2023 Rick Rowsell Classic

St. John's, Newfoundland / Labrador

SKIP
Andrew
Symonds

Third
Colin
Thomas

Second
Stephen
Trickett

Lead
Keith
Jewer

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	8.57
PA/G:	6.25
Hammer Efficiency:	0.68
Steal Defense:	0.04
Force Efficiency:	0.73
Steal Efficiency:	0.04

Andrew Symonds (St. John's, NL) lost 8-4 to Nathan Young (St. Johns, NL) in the Final of the Rick Rowsell Classic, held September 21 - 24, 2023 at the Remax Centre in St. John's, . Advancing directly to the semifinals, Symonds won 8-4 over Trent Skanes (St. John's, NL) to advance to the championship game. of the 2023 Rick Rowsell Classic in St. John's;

Symonds finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Symonds defeated Ken Peddigrew (St. John's, NL) 8-4, then won 8-4 against Dave Thomas (Port-aux-Basques, NL). Symonds went on to lose 8-4 against Dylan Hancock (St. John's, NL). Symonds responded with a 8-4 win over Randy Turpin (St. John's, NL). Symonds won 8-3 against Young in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Rick Rowsell Classic, Symonds take home 5.500 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN prize. For week 9 of the event schedule, Symonds did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Symonds ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	17	10	0	0.630	0-1	1-4	1-1	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	237	168	145	7.09	6.12	0.97	4.73	4.14	1.50	1.48	1.14

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	107	125	25	13	2-0	2-3	36-3	1.17	0.23	0.43	0.15

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	130	43	120	14	1-3	0-3	6-23	0.33	0.92	0.65	0.26

2023: Nathan Young
Nathan Young, Sam Follett, Nathan Locke, Ben Stringer , Jeff Thomas
St. Johns, NL
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

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