Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) won
6-5 over
Stuart Thompson (Dartmouth, NS) in the Final of the StuSells Toronto Tankard, held October 5 - 8, 2018 at the Royal Canadian Curling Club in Toronto, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Carruthers won
4-3 over
Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON) in the semifinals of the 2018 StuSells Toronto Tankard in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and won
4-2 over
Jia Liang Zang (Beijing, CHN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 StuSells Toronto Tankard in Toronto, Ontario, Canada;
Carruthers finished 3-0 in the 26-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Carruthers defeated
Zang 10-4, then won
6-3 against
Kirk Muyres (Saskatoon, SK) and
4-3 against
Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the StuSells Toronto Tankard Championship title, Carruthers earned
54.804 world rankings points along with the $12,000CDN first prize cheque. Carruthers move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 25.037 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 5th overall with
385.436 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Carruthers ranks 2nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
117.532 points earned so far this season.
