Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) lost
3-1 to
Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, ON) in the Final of the AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic, held September 14 - 17, 2017 at the Cornwall Curling Club in Cornwall, Canada. To advance to the championship game, McEwen won
5-2 over
Steffen Walstad (Oppdal, NOR) in the semifinals of the 2017 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada; and won
7-1 over
Glenn Howard (Islington, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada;
McEwen finished 5-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McEwen defeated
Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) 7-3, then won
7-1 against
Craig Brown (Madison, USA) and
5-4 against
Sebastien Robillard (Ottawa, ON). McEwen won
5-3 against
Jacobs, then won
7-2 against
John Shuster (Duluth, USA) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic, McEwen take home
58.266 world rankings points along with the $10,500CDN prize, moving up 2 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 5th place overall with
398.964 total points. McEwen ranks 8th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
58.266 points earned so far this season.
