Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) won
5-3 over
Jean-Michel Menard (Gatineau, QC) in the Final of the Challenge Chateau Cartier de Gatineau, held October 23 - 26, 2014 at the Buckingham Curling Club in Buckingham, Canada. To advance to the championship game, McEwen won
9-5 over
Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2014 Challenge Chateau Cartier de Gatineau in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada; and won
1-0 over
Mark Dacey (Halifax, NS) in the quarterfinals.
McEwen finished 4-0 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McEwen defeated
Josh Adams (Ottawa, ON) 7-5, then won
7-5 against
Martin Ferland (Trois-Rivieres, QC) and
7-2 against
Menard. McEwen won
8-4 against
Dacey in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Challenge Chateau Cartier de Gatineau Championship title, McEwen earned
35.000 world rankings points along with the $11,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 2nd place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with
342.410 total points. McEwen ranks 1st overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
145.000 points earned so far this season.
