Bingyu Wang (HARBIN, CHN) won
6-3 over
Karla Thompson (Kamloops, BC) in the Final of the Driving Force Abbotsford Cashspiel, held November 25 - 28, 2016 at the Abbotsford Curling Club in Abbotsford, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Wang won
6-3 over
British Columbia's Marla Mallett in the semifinals of the 2016 Driving Force Abbotsford Cashspiel in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; and won
5-2 over
Sarah Koltun (Whitehorse, YK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Driving Force Abbotsford Cashspiel in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada;
Wang finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wang defeated
Jenn Nguyen (Denver, CO) 11-1, then won
7-5 against
Amanda Russett (Kamloops, BC) and
7-4 against
Dailene Pewarchuk (Victoria, BC) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Driving Force Abbotsford Cashspiel Championship title, Wang earned
21.489 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 28th place overall with
178.006 total points. Wang ranks 12th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
150.221 points earned so far this season.
