Korey Dropkin (Chaska, USA) won
5-4 over
Tanner Horgan (Winnipeg Beach, MB) in the Final of the Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 2, held November 5 - 10, 2019 in Pictou County, Nova Scotia. To advance to the championship game, Dropkin won
7-1 over
Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC) in the semifinals of the 2019 Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Pictou County, Nova Scotia; and won
7-6 over
Cameron Bryce (Stirling, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Pictou County, Nova Scotia;
Dropkin finished 2-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dropkin defeated
Chad Stevens (Truro, NS) 8-3, then went on to lose
6-5 against
Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, USA). Dropkin lost
6-3 to
Kendal Thompson (Halifax, NS) where Dropkin responded with a
7-3 win over
Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Kioti Tractor Tour Challenge Tier 2 Championship title, Dropkin earned
47.250 world rankings points along with the $10,000CDN first prize cheque. Dropkin move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 44.906 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 21st overall with
219.304 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Dropkin ranks 15th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
124.817 points earned so far this season.
