Steve Allen (Ottawa, ON) lost
8-3 to
Jia Liang Zang (Harbin, CHN) in the Final of the 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel, held November 23 - 25, 2017 at the Gananoque Curling Club in Gananoque, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Allen won
8-3 over
Doug Kee (Ottawa, ON) to advance to the championship game. of the 2018 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel in Gananoque, Ontario, Canada;
Allen finished 3-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Allen defeated
Howard Rajala (Ottawa, ON) 8-7, then won
7-6 against
Greg Park (Oshawa, ON) and
8-7 against
Greg Balsdon (Toronto, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel, Allen take home
15.769 world rankings points along with the $1,200CDN prize, moving up 5 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 45th place overall with
99.739 total points. Allen ranks 39th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
71.593 points earned so far this season.
