Simmons Reaches 2017 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic Semifinals

SKIP
Pat
Simmons

Third
Colton
Lott

Second
Kyle
Doering

Lead
Rob
Gordon

Pat Simmons (Winnipeg, MB) run at the 2017 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a 3-2 loss to Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). of the 2017 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Simmons advanced through the quarterfinals with a 5-2 win over Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK).

Simmons finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Simmons defeated Thomas Scoffin (Whitehorse, YK) 7-2, then won 4-3 against Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) and 5-4 against Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Simmons earned 34.996 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic, remaining in 15th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 289.139 total points. Simmons ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 112.986 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

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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