Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) lost
5-4 to
Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final of the Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic, held October 7 - 10, 2016 at the Crestwood Curling Club in Edmonton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Carruthers won
3-2 over
Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the semifinals of the 2016 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and won
6-4 over
Charley Thomas (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;
Carruthers finished 3-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Carruthers defeated
Thomas Scoffin (Edmonton, AB) 6-1, then won
5-4 against
Dean Joanisse (Maple Ridge, BC). Carruthers went on to lose
7-2 against
Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB). Carruthers responded with a
9-4 win over
SooHyuk Kim (Gangwon, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic, Carruthers take home
47.180 world rankings points along with the $9,000CDN prize, moving up 2 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 5th place overall with
480.150 total points. Carruthers ranks 13th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
82.306 points earned so far this season.
