McDonald Runner-Up at 2018 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2

SKIP
Scott
McDonald

Third
Jonathan
Beuk

Second
Don
Bowser

Lead
Scott
Chadwick

Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON) lost 8-3 to Kirk Muyres (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final of the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2, held November 6 - 11, 2018 in Thunder Bay, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, McDonald won 7-5 over Mark Fenner (Chaska, USA) in the semifinals of the 2018 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Thunder Bay, Ontario; and won 10-1 over Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) in the quarterfinals.

McDonald finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McDonald defeated Fenner 5-4, then won 9-3 against William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB) and 7-6 against Jordan Chandler (Sudbury, NONT). McDonald won 6-3 against Dylan Johnston (Thunder Bay, NONT) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2, McDonald take home 34.100 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN prize. McDonald move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 14.752 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 15th overall with 252.152 total points on the World Ranking Standings. McDonald ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 155.220 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

2024: Rylan Kleiter
Rylan Kleiter, Joshua Mattern, Matthew Hall, Trevor Johnson , Dean Kleiter
Saskatoon, SK
2023: Daniel Casper
Daniel Casper, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson, Chase Sinnett , Jordan Moulton
Chaska, MN
2022: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell
Duluth, MN
2019: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell, Mark Fenner, Alex Fenson, Joe Polo, Shawn Rojeski
Chaska, USA
2018: Kirk Muyres
Kirk Muyres, Kevin Marsh, Daniel Marsh, Dallan Muyres
Saskatoon, SK
2017: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Greg Balsdon
Greg Balsdon, Jonathan Beuk, David Staples, Scott Chadwick
Kingston, ON
2015: Jim Cotter
Jim Cotter, Ryan Kuhn, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
Vernon, BC

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