Jean-Michel Menard (Gatineau, PQ) won
7-3 over
Neil Sinclair (Manotick, ON) in the Final of the Challenge Casino Lac Leamy, held October 22 - 25, 2009 at the Buckingham Curling Club in Buckingham, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Menard won
8-3 over
Martin Ferland (Quebec, PQ) in the semifinals of the 2009 Challenge Casino Lac Leamy in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada; and won
7-4 over
Serge Reid (Saguenay, PQ) in the quarterfinals. of the 2009 Challenge Casino Lac Leamy in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada;
Menard finished 4-1 in the 28-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Menard defeated
Michael Fournier (Montreal, PQ) 9-2, then went on to lose
6-3 against
Ferland. Menard responded with a
7-5 win over
Steve Lodge (Brockville, ON). Menard won
8-5 against
Cory Heggestad (Barrie, ON), then won
10-2 against
Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Challenge Casino Lac Leamy Championship title, Menard earned
25.520 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN first prize cheque. For week of the event schedule, Menard did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Menard ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
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