The 2022 SGI Canada Best of the West was held from April 22 to 24 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.[1][2] The newly created event consisted of teams with all players thirty years and younger. It was played between the four provinces of Western Canada, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. All provinces were represented by two teams in each of the three disciplines, men's, women's and doubles.[3]

2022 SGI Canada
Best of the West
Host citySaskatoon, Saskatchewan
ArenaNutana Curling Club
DatesApril 22–24
Men's winner Saskatchewan 1
Curling clubSutherland CC, Saskatoon
SkipRylan Kleiter
ThirdJoshua Mattern
SecondTrevor Johnson
LeadMatthieu Taillon
CoachDean Kleiter
Finalist Manitoba 1 (Lott)
Women's winner British Columbia 1
Curling clubKamloops CC, Kamloops
SkipCorryn Brown
ThirdErin Pincott
SecondRachel Erickson
LeadSamantha Fisher
CoachAllison MacInnes
Finalist Manitoba 2 (Peterson)
Doubles winner Saskatchewan M
Teammate 1Sam Wills
Teammate 2Garret Springer
Finalist Alberta W (Rocque / Schmiemann)

Format edit

The Best of the West U30 Championship was played in a round-robin tournament with two pools of four in each of the three disciplines, men's, women's and doubles. The top two teams in each pool at the conclusion of the three game round robin advanced to the semifinal round, with the winners then moving on to the championship game.[4]

Men edit

Teams edit

The teams are listed as follows:[5]

Province Skip Third Second Lead Locale
  Alberta 1 Karsten Sturmay Tristan Steinke Chris Kennedy Glenn Venance Edmonton
  Alberta 2 Jeremy Harty Kyler Kleibrink Joshua Kiist Kurtis Goller Calgary
  British Columbia 1 Tyler Tardi Sterling Middleton Jason Ginter Jordan Tardi Langley
  British Columbia 2 Matthew McCrady Alex Horvath Brayden Carpenter Logan Miron New Westminster
  Manitoba 1 Colton Lott Tanner Lott Kyle Doering Emerson Klimpke Winnipeg
  Manitoba 2 Braden Calvert Kyle Kurz Ian McMillan Rob Gordon Winnipeg
  Saskatchewan 1 Rylan Kleiter Joshua Mattern Trevor Johnson Matthieu Taillon Saskatoon
  Saskatchewan 2 Brady Scharback Brayden Stewart Dustin Mikush Jared Latos Saskatoon

Round-robin standings edit

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreaker
Pool A Skip W L PF PA
  Saskatchewan 1 Rylan Kleiter 3 0 20 13
  Manitoba 1 Colton Lott 2 1 15 13
  British Columbia 2 Matthew McCrady 1 2 14 20
  Alberta 2 Jeremy Harty 0 3 16 19
Pool B Skip W L PF PA
  British Columbia 1 Tyler Tardi 2 1 15 10
  Alberta 1 Karsten Sturmay 2 1 17 13
  Manitoba 2 Braden Calvert 2 1 20 17
  Saskatchewan 2 Brady Scharback 0 3 11 23

Round-robin results edit

All draw times are listed in Mountain Time (UTC−06:00).[6]

Draw 2 edit

Friday, April 22, 12:30 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Alberta 2 (Harty) 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 7
  British Columbia 2 (McCrady)   1 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 8
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  British Columbia 1 (Tardi)   0 1 0 1 0 1 2 X 5
  Saskatchewan 2 (Scharback) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 2
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Manitoba 1 (Lott)   1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4
  Saskatchewan 1 (Kleiter) 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 7
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Alberta 1 (Sturmay) 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 X 7
  Manitoba 2 (Calvert)   0 0 1 0 0 3 0 X 4

Draw 4 edit

Friday, April 22, 8:30 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Manitoba 1 (Lott)   3 2 0 1 0 X X X 6
  British Columbia 2 (McCrady) 0 0 1 0 1 X X X 2
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  British Columbia 1 (Tardi) 0 3 0 1 2 0 X X 6
  Alberta 1 (Sturmay)   1 0 0 0 0 1 X X 2
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Manitoba 2 (Calvert)   2 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 10
  Saskatchewan 2 (Scharback) 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 6
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Saskatchewan 1 (Kleiter)   2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 6
  Alberta 2 (Harty) 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 5

Draw 5 edit

Saturday, April 23, 8:30 am

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  British Columbia 1 (Tardi) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 X 4
  Manitoba 2 (Calvert)   1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 6
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Manitoba 1 (Lott)   1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 5
  Alberta 2 (Harty) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 4
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Saskatchewan 1 (Kleiter)   2 0 2 2 0 1 0 X 7
  British Columbia 2 (McCrady) 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 X 4
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Saskatchewan 2 (Scharback) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3
  Alberta 1 (Sturmay)   2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 8

Tiebreaker edit

Saturday, April 23, 4:30 pm

Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Alberta 1 (Sturmay)   3 1 1 0 0 2 X X 7
  Manitoba 2 (Calvert) 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 1

Playoffs edit

Semifinals Final
      
A1   Saskatchewan 1 5
B2   Alberta 1 3
A1   Saskatchewan 1 9
A2   Manitoba 1 8
B1   British Columbia 1 5
A2   Manitoba 1 8

Semifinals edit

Saturday, April 23, 8:30 pm

Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Saskatchewan 1 (Kleiter)   1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 5
  Alberta 1 (Sturmay) 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  British Columbia 1 (Tardi)   3 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 5
  Manitoba 1 (Lott) 0 2 1 1 1 0 3 X 8

Final edit

Sunday, April 24, 4:30 pm

Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  Saskatchewan 1 (Kleiter)   1 0 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 9
  Manitoba 1 (Lott) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 8

Women edit

Teams edit

The teams are listed as follows:[5]

Province Skip Third Second Lead Locale
  Alberta 1 Kayla Skrlik Selena Sturmay Brittany Tran Ashton Skrlik Calgary
  Alberta 2 Marla Sherrer Chantele Broderson Julie Selvais Sarah Drummond Lacombe
  British Columbia 1 Corryn Brown Erin Pincott Rachel Erickson Samantha Fisher Kamloops
  British Columbia 2 Kayla MacMillan Lindsay Dubue Kalia Mackenzie Sarah Loken Vancouver
  Manitoba 1 Mackenzie Zacharias Karlee Burgess Emily Zacharias Lauren Lenentine Altona
  Manitoba 2 Beth Peterson Laura Burtnyk Katherine Doerksen Melissa Gordon Winnipeg
  Saskatchewan 1 Kourtney Fesser Krista Fesser Karlee Korchinski Kaylin Skinner Saskatoon
  Saskatchewan 2 Lorraine Schneider Jennifer Armstrong Ashley Williamson Amanda Kuzyk Regina

Round-robin standings edit

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Pool A Skip W L PF PA
  British Columbia 2 Kayla MacMillan 2 1 14 19
  Manitoba 1 Mackenzie Zacharias 2 1 16 13
  Alberta 2 Marla Sherrer 1 2 16 12
  Saskatchewan 1 Kourtney Fesser 1 2 16 18
Pool B Skip W L PF PA
  British Columbia 1 Corryn Brown 2 1 18 15
  Manitoba 2 Beth Peterson 2 1 21 17
  Alberta 1 Kayla Skrlik 1 2 12 17
  Saskatchewan 2 Lorraine Schneider 1 2 16 18

Round-robin results edit

All draw times are listed in Mountain Time (UTC−06:00).[6]

Draw 1 edit

Friday, April 22, 8:30 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Alberta 2 (Sherrer) 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 4
  British Columbia 2 (MacMillan)   0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 5
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Saskatchewan 2 (Schneider)   0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 4
  Manitoba 2 (Peterson) 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 4 8
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Alberta 1 (Skrlik)   0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 1
  British Columbia 1 (Brown) 0 1 3 1 1 0 X X 6
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Manitoba 1 (Zacharias)   2 0 0 1 3 1 0 X 7
  Saskatchewan 1 (Fesser) 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 X 3

Draw 3 edit

Friday, April 22, 4:30 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  British Columbia 2 (MacMillan)   0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 5
  Manitoba 1 (Zacharias) 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Saskatchewan 1 (Fesser) 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 1
  Alberta 2 (Sherrer)   0 0 2 2 2 1 X X 7
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Alberta 1 (Skrlik) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 4
  Saskatchewan 2 (Schneider)   0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  British Columbia 1 (Brown)   0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 6
  Manitoba 2 (Peterson) 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 5

Draw 6 edit

Saturday, April 23, 12:30 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Alberta 1 (Skrlik) 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 1 7
  Manitoba 2 (Peterson)   2 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 8
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  British Columbia 1 (Brown) 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 6
  Saskatchewan 2 (Schneider)   2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 3 9
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Saskatchewan 1 (Fesser) 0 1 3 0 3 5 X X 12
  British Columbia 2 (MacMillan)   2 0 0 2 0 0 X X 4
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  Alberta 2 (Sherrer) 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 5
  Manitoba 1 (Zacharias)   0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 6

Playoffs edit

Semifinals Final
      
A1   British Columbia 2 5
B2   Manitoba 2 8
B2   Manitoba 2 3
B1   British Columbia 1 5
B1   British Columbia 1 6
A2   Manitoba 1 3

Semifinals edit

Saturday, April 23, 8:30 pm

Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  British Columbia 1 (Brown) 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 6
  Manitoba 1 (Zacharias)   0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  British Columbia 2 (MacMillan)   0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 5
  Manitoba 2 (Peterson) 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 8

Final edit

Sunday, April 24, 12:00 pm

Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Manitoba 2 (Peterson) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
  British Columbia 1 (Brown)   0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 5

Doubles edit

Teams edit

The teams are listed as follows:[5]

Province Teammate 1 Teammate 2
  Alberta M Evan van Amsterdam Gregg Hamilton
  Alberta W Kelsey Rocque Danielle Schmiemann
  British Columbia M Daniel Wenzek Nicholas Meister
  British Columbia W Taylor Reese-Hansen Cierra Fisher
  Manitoba M Jacques Gauthier Ryan Wiebe
  Manitoba W Tansy Tober Stephanie Feeleus
  Saskatchewan M Sam Wills Garret Springer
  Saskatchewan W Chaelynn Kitz Madison Kleiter

Round-robin standings edit

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Finals
Men Team W L PF PA
  Alberta M van Amsterdam / Hamilton 3 0 25 16
  Saskatchewan M Wills / Springer 2 1 19 18
  British Columbia M Wenzek / Meister 1 2 17 17
  Manitoba M Gauthier / Wiebe 0 3 10 20
Women Team W L PF PA
  Alberta W Rocque / Schmiemann 3 0 26 9
  British Columbia W Reese-Hansen / Fisher 2 1 19 21
  Saskatchewan W Kitz / Kleiter 1 2 17 25
  Manitoba W Tober / Feeleus 0 3 17 24

Round-robin results edit

All draw times are listed in Mountain Time (UTC−06:00).[6]

Draw 1 edit

Friday, April 22, 8:30 am

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Saskatchewan W (Kitz / Kleiter)   2 0 2 0 1 0 3 1 9
  Manitoba W (Tober / Feeleus) 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 7
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Alberta W (Rocque / Schmiemann)   2 2 0 0 4 2 X X 10
  British Columbia W (Reese-Hansen / Fisher) 0 0 1 1 0 0 X X 2

Draw 2 edit

Friday, April 22, 12:30 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  Alberta M (van Amsterdam / Hamilton)   1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 3 9
  British Columbia M (Wenzek / Meister) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 6
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Saskatchewan M (Wills / Springer) 3 0 2 1 2 0 X X 8
  Manitoba M (Gauthier / Wiebe)   0 1 0 0 0 2 X X 3

Draw 3 edit

Friday, April 22, 4:30 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Alberta W (Rocque / Schmiemann) 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 X 9
  Saskatchewan W (Kitz / Kleiter)   0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X 3
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Manitoba W (Tober / Feeleus) 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 X 6
  British Columbia W (Reese-Hansen / Fisher)   5 1 0 1 1 0 0 X 8

Draw 4 edit

Friday, April 22, 8:30 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Alberta M (van Amsterdam / Hamilton)   3 0 5 0 3 0 0 X 11
  Saskatchewan M (Wills / Springer) 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 X 6
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  British Columbia M (Wenzek / Meister) 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 X 7
  Manitoba M (Gauthier / Wiebe)   2 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 3

Draw 5 edit

Saturday, April 23, 8:30 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  British Columbia M (Wenzek / Meister) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 4
  Saskatchewan M (Wills / Springer)   1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Alberta M (van Amsterdam / Hamilton)   0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 5
  Manitoba M (Gauthier / Wiebe) 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4

Draw 6 edit

Saturday, April 23, 12:30 pm

Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Saskatchewan W (Kitz / Kleiter) 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 5
  British Columbia W (Reese-Hansen / Fisher)   3 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 9
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Alberta W (Rocque / Schmiemann)   2 0 2 0 3 0 0 X 7
  Manitoba W (Tober / Feeleus) 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 X 4

Playoffs edit

Semifinals Final
      
M1   Alberta M 5
M2   Saskatchewan M 6
M2   Saskatchewan M 7
W1   Alberta W 6
W1   Alberta W 8
W2   British Columbia W 0

Semifinals edit

Saturday, April 23, 8:30 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Alberta W (Rocque / Schmiemann)   1 1 1 1 2 2 X X 8
  British Columbia W (Reese-Hansen / Fisher) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Alberta M (van Amsterdam / Hamilton)   2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5
  Saskatchewan M (Wills / Springer) 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 6

Final edit

Sunday, April 24, 9:00 am

Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  Saskatchewan M (Wills / Springer) 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 7
  Alberta W (Rocque / Schmiemann)   0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 6

References edit

  1. ^ "The Best of the West". The Best of the West. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  2. ^ Kevin Mitchell (April 21, 2022). "Young curlers slide into Saskatoon for Best of the West cash spiel". Saskatoon StarPhoenix. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  3. ^ "Best of the West". Curling Canada. October 14, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  4. ^ "The Best of the West – About". The Best of the West. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "List of Teams". The Best of the West. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  6. ^ a b c "Draw Schedule". The Best of the West. Retrieved April 23, 2022.

External links edit