Charley Thomas (Edmonton, AB) lost
6-5 to
Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Canad Inns Men's Classic, held October 14 - 17, 2016 at the Portage Curling Club in Portage La Prairie, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Thomas won
5-4 over
Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2016 Canad Inns Men's Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada; and won
6-2 over
Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Canad Inns Men's Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada;
Thomas finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Thomas defeated
Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong, KOR) 6-3, then won
8-2 against
John Shuster (Duluth, USA). Thomas went on to lose
5-4 against
Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). Thomas responded with a
7-3 win over
Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB). Thomas won
7-2 against
Daley Peters (Winnipeg, MB). Thomas went on to lose
6-5 against
Bruce Korte (Saskatoon , SK). Thomas responded with a
8-3 win over
William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Canad Inns Men's Classic, Thomas take home
52.674 world rankings points along with the $10,000CDN prize, moving up 4 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 9th place overall with
352.221 total points. Thomas ranks 9th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
127.440 points earned so far this season.
