Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN) won
8-2 over
Peter De Cruz (Geneva, SUI) in the Final of the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena), held October 19 - 22, 2017 at the Buckingham Curling Club in Buckingham, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Liu won
6-4 over
Mike McLean (Ottawa, ON) in the semifinals of the 2017 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena) in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada; and won
7-1 over
Martin Ferland (Levis, QC) in the quarterfinals.
Liu finished 4-0 in the 28-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Liu defeated
Brent MacDougall (Halifax, NS) 7-3, then won
10-7 against
Mark Homan (Baie d'Urfe, QC) and
7-1 against
Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON). Liu won
6-5 against
Jean-Michel Menard (Gatineau, QC) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena) Championship title, Liu earned
47.820 world rankings points along with the $11,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 3 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 15th place overall with
295.575 total points. Liu ranks 2nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
163.042 points earned so far this season.
