CHAMPION: Dow Wins 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open

SKIP
Colin
Dow

Third
Jordie
Lyon-Hatcher

Second
Brett
Lyon-Hatcher

Lead
John
Steski

Colin Dow (Ottawa, ON) won 6-2 over Noemie Verreault (Montreal, QC) in the Final of the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open, held October 17 - 21, 2018 in Gatineau, Quebec. To advance to the championship game, Dow won 6-1 over Jeffrey Stewart (Montreal, QC) in the semifinals of the 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open in Gatineau, Quebec; and won 5-4 over Benoit Gagne (Montreal, QC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open in Gatineau, Quebec;

Dow finished 3-1 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dow defeated Martin Patry (Buckingham, QC) 7-4, then won 7-1 against Stephane Michaud (Trois-Rivieres, QC). Dow went on to lose 7-1 against Verreault. Dow responded with a 7-3 win over Sylvain Bellavance (Boucherville, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Open Championship title, Dow earned 12.475 world rankings points along with the $2,400CDN first prize cheque. Dow move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 6.468 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 69th overall with 60.537 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Dow ranks 106th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.475 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

2016: Adam Freilich
Adam Freilich, Ariel Krasik-Geiger, Gabriel Kempenich, Jeff Lutz
Jerusalem, ISR
2017: Sylvain Dicaire
Ghislain Doyon, Sylvain Dicaire, Claude St-Germain, Kurtis Hanna
Val d'Or, QC
2018: Colin Dow
Colin Dow, Jordie Lyon-Hatcher, Brett Lyon-Hatcher, John Steski, R.J. Johnson
Ottawa, ON

Team Marco Hoesli (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) took down the world number one and two ranked teams to secure the first title of the season.

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