Dow Runner-Up at 2016 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open

Ottawa, Ontario

SKIP
Colin
Dow

Third
Steve
Allen

Second
Brett
Lyon-Hatcher

Lead
John
Steski

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	8.26
PA/G:	6.30
Hammer Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Colin Dow (Ottawa, ON) lost 9-3 to Adam Freilich (Jerusalem, ISR) in the Final of the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open, held October 14 - 23, 2016 in Buckingham, Quebec. To advance to the championship game, Dow won 9-2 over Stephane Michaud (Trois-Rivieres, QC) in the semifinals of the 2016 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open in Buckingham, Quebec; and won 6-4 over Sylvain Bellavance (Buckingham, QC) in the quarterfinals.

Dow finished 3-1 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dow defeated Denis Letendre (Trois-Rivieres, QC) 6-5, then won 7-4 against Michaud. Dow went on to lose 3-2 against Jean-Sebastien Roy (Thurso, QC). Dow responded with a 5-2 win over Kurtis Byrd (Kingston, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open, Dow take home 10.039 world rankings points along with the $1,600CDN prize, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 52nd place overall with 91.648 total points. Dow ranks 38th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 41.565 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2016: Adam Freilich
Adam Freilich, Ariel Krasik-Geiger, Gabriel Kempenich, Jeff Lutz
Jerusalem, ISR
2017: Sylvain Dicaire
Ghislain Doyon, Sylvain Dicaire, Claude St-Germain, Kurtis Hanna
Val d'Or, QC
2018: Colin Dow
Colin Dow, Jordie Lyon-Hatcher, Brett Lyon-Hatcher, John Steski, R.J. Johnson
Ottawa, ON

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