TEAM LECLAIR WINS 2022 U.S. SENIOR MEN’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Team LeClair: Greg Gallagher, Tom Danielson, Jeff Baird, Fred Maxie, Bob Leclair
On Mar. 9-13, 2022, Exmoor Country Club in Highland Park, Illinois, hosted the 2022 U.S. Senior Men’s National Championship.
The Championship hosted 12 of the top senior (50+) men’s curling teams from across the United States to compete for the national title and berth to represent the United States at the 2022 World Senior Curling Championships.
The 2022 U.S. Championship was divided into two pools of six teams, where each team completed a round robin and then the top two teams in each pool advanced to the semi-finals.
Team Leclair (Bob Leclair, Greg Gallagher, Jeff Baird, Tom Danielson, and Fred Maxie) went 3-2 in the round robin qualifying round.
After losing the opening game 10-1 to the Starkey rink out of Minnesota, Team Leclair bounced back with wins over Torkelson and Birr before losing to Pustovar.
In the final game of the qualifying round, Team Leclair put another tally in the win column, defeating Moir 6-1.
With a 3-2 record, Team Leclair faced Team Moir, also with a 3-2 record, in a tiebreaker game, winning 6-4 to qualify out of Pool A and advance to the semi-finals.
Team Leclair defeated Strouse 7-4 in the semi-final, advancing to the Championship game, where they again met the Paul Pustovar-skipped team.
In the Championship final matchup, Team Leclair’s hammer efficiency proved to be key as scores of two in the first and fifth ends secured a 6-3 victory.
Team Leclair will represent the United States at the 2022 World Senior Curling Championships on April 23-30, 2022, in Geneva, Switzerland.
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