Kyle Smith (Stirling, SCO) won
7-2 over
Heath McCormick (Blaine, USA) in the Final of the Oakville OCT Fall Classic, held September 2 - 4, 2016 at the Oakville Curling Club in Oakville, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Smith won
5-4 over
Ontario's Chris Gardner in the semifinals of the 2016 Oakville OCT Fall Classic in Oakville, Ontario, Canada; and won
8-4 over
Ontario's Dayna Deruelle in the quarterfinals.
Smith finished 4-0 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith defeated
Todd Birr (Blaine, USA) 4-2, then won
6-3 against
Pat Ferris (Grimsby, ON) and
8-4 against
Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON). Smith won
6-2 against
Hugh Murphy (Oakville, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Oakville OCT Fall Classic Championship title, Smith earned
39.136 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 18th place overall with
189.505 total points. Smith ranks 1st overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
61.006 points earned so far this season.
