Colin Dow (Ottawa, ON) won
3-2 over
Steve Allen (Ottawa, ON) in the Final of the CurlON Men's Cash Spiel - RCMP, held December 14 - 16, 2018 in Omaha, Nebraska. To advance to the championship game, Dow won
5-4 over
Frank O'Driscoll (Ottawa, ON) in the semifinals
Dow finished 4-0 in the 5-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dow defeated
Allen 6-5, then won
4-3 against
Dennis Elgie (Metcalfe, ON) and
7-6 against
Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON). Dow won
7-0 against
O'Driscoll in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the CurlON Men's Cash Spiel - RCMP Championship title, Dow earned
6.750 world rankings points along with the $1,900CDN first prize cheque. Dow move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 0.743 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 75th overall with
56.293 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Dow ranks 94th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
32.262 points earned so far this season.
