Hamblin Wins DEKALB SuperLeague Title

Friday Jan 22 2010

David Hamblin and his Morris team of Ross Derksen, Ryan Thomson and Mark Georges are the 2009-10 champions of the DEKALB Super League. A three-win day Saturday, January 23 in Portage included victories over a pair of teams who will compete in next month's Safeway Championship.  In the final, Hamblin defeated former league champion Ryan Hyde of Portage.

The final game shifted momentum on the second end when, facing five, third Ross Derksen made a draw to the top of the four foot circle to cut the end down to a more acceptable two. When Hyde covered the other side of the four-foot, Hamblin played a runback double to lie. The two skips were both slightly heavy on last rock draws but Hamblin won a measure for two. Another deuce on the fourth gave the Hamblin team a 4-1 lead enroute to a 5-3 victory.

For their league championship the Hamblin team earns a $4,000 cheque to go with the $1,200 in round-robin earnings (6 wins @ $200).

The day began with a 5-1 quarterfinal win over Brian Pallister's team which was skipped by Bill North. In the semi-final, Hamblin was a 6-5 winner over Randy Neufeld, who defeated the Morris team in the Zone 1 final a week ago.

Allan Gitzel and the other Morris team in the league opened the day with a quarterfinal win over Rob Fleming-Morden (4-3) but lost an extra end 5-4 game to Ryan Hyde in the semifinal. In their third place playoff game, Gitzel and Neufeld also went an extra end with Gitzel scoring one and a  7-6 victory.

Following are the linescores for the complete playoff day in Portage.

CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL......HAMBLIN 1st - $4,000 & Hyde 2nd - $2,000
David Hamblin - Morris  
020 200 01 = 5
Ryan Hyde - Portage
001 001 10 = 3
 
RANKING PLAYOFF (3-4).....GITZEL 3rd - $1,000 & NEUFELD 4th - $600
Randy Neufeld - La Salle
020 120 01 0 = 6
Allan Gitzel - Morris
102 002 10 1 = 7
 
RANKING PLAYOFF (5-6).....Pallister 5th - $500 & Fleming 6th - $300
Brian Pallister-Portage (Skipped by Bill North)
210 040 1x =8
Rob Fleming-Morden
001 206 0x =4
 
CONSOLATION FINAL.....Spriggs 7th - $300 & Tom Hyde 8th - $200
Don Spriggs - Portage (skipped by Barry Pugh)
111 11x xx =5
Tom Hyde - Portage
000 00x xx = 0

RANKING PLAYOFF (9-10).....Findlay 9th - $100 & Bartley 10th - $50 
Bob Bartley - Carman
002 110 20 = 6
Rob Findlay - Carman
210 002 02 = 7

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PLAYOFF GAMES 
CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION - SemiFinals
Randy Neufeld-LaSalle
010 200 11 = 5
David Hamblin-Morris
202 011 00 = 6

Allan Gitzel-Morris
111 001 00 0 =4
Ryan Hyde-Portage
000 210 01 0 =5

Championship Division - QuarterFinals
David Hamblin - Morris
010 002 2x = 5
Brian Pallister -Portage (team skipped by Bill North)
000 010 0x =1
  
Allan Gitzel - Morris
100 030 00 = 4
Rob Fleming - Morden
000 102 00 = 3
 
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CONSOLATION DIVISION SemiFinals
Bob Bartley-Carman
011 010 x =3
Tom Hyde-Portage
400 201 x =7
 
Rob Findlay-Carman
100 103 x =4
Don Spriggs-Portage (Skipped by Barry Pugh)
024 020 x =8

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DEKALB SuperLeague Playoffs Set for Saturday - Organizers for the DEKALB SuperLeague have announced the draw for the championship playoff round which takes place Saturday, January 23 at Portage Curling Club. Ryan Hyde-Portage and Randy Neufeld-LaSalle tied for first place in round-robin play with 8 wins-1 loss records. The two get the byes to the semi-finals in the 6-team championship round.

Morris teams skipped by David Hamblin and Allan Gitzel finished tied for third with 6 wins and 3 losses.

Brian Pallister-Portage and Rob Fleming-Morden have the fifth and sixth spots in the championship round. Pallister and Fleming finished 4-5, tied with former champion Don Spriggs, but earned the championship round berths on win-loss among the three tied teams.

In the quarter-finals, Gitzel plays Fleming and Hamblin meets Pallister at 10AM Saturday.

The Gitzel-Fleming winner advances against Hyde while the Hamblin-Pallister winner plays Neufeld in the semi-finals at 1PM.

The final is scheduled for 4PM.

In the consolation round, Spriggs plays Rob Findlay-Carman and Bob Bartley-Carman plays Tom Hyde-Portage at 1PM with the winners meeting at 4PM in the Consolation Final.

Results updates will be posted regularly throughout the day on the DEKALB SuperLeague webpage (www.thecurler.com/dekalbsuperleague)

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