CHAMPION: Menard Wins 2018 Challenge Assurances Jean Gamache

SKIP
Jean-Michel
Menard

Third
Martin
Crete

Second
Eric
Sylvain

Lead
Philippe
Menard

Jean-Michel Menard (Gatineau, QC) won 6-2 over Sebastien Robillard (Ottawa, ON) in the Final of the Challenge Assurances Jean Gamache, held January 19 - 21, 2018 at the Victoria Curling Club in Quebec, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Menard won 5-4 over Martin Ferland (Levis, QC) in the semifinals of the 2018 Challenge Assurances Jean Gamache in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; and won 5-0 over Pascal Chouinard (Quebec, QC) in the quarterfinals.

Menard finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Menard defeated Francois Gagne (Montreal, QC) 1-0, then won 8-6 against Benoit Gagne (Quebec, QC) and 7-2 against Chouinard in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Challenge Assurances Jean Gamache Championship title, Menard earned 12.813 world rankings points along with the $1,700CDN first prize cheque, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 36th place overall with 197.243 total points. Menard ranks 38th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 94.109 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

2020: Vincent Roberge
Vincent Roberge, Jesse Mullen, Jean-Michel Arsenault, Julien Tremblay
Levis, QC
2019: Martin Crete
Martin Crete, Philippe Lemay, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
St-Romuald, QC
2018: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau, QC
2013: Martin Ferland
Martin Ferland, Francois Roberge, Shawn Fowler, Maxime Elmaleh
Quebec, QC
2012: Simon Dupuis
Simon Dupuis, Louis Biron, Frederic Boulanger, Maurice Cayouette
Buckingham, QC