Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) lost
4-2 to
Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic, held November 22 - 25, 2019 at the Penticton Curling Club in Penticton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, McEwen won
5-4 over
Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2019 Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada; and won
7-3 over
Tyler Tardi (Surrey, BC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada;
McEwen finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McEwen defeated
Sean Geall (New Westminster, BC) 6-4, then won
6-4 against
John Morris (Regina, SK) and
6-3 against
Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC). McEwen went on to lose
6-1 against
John Epping (Toronto, ON). McEwen responded with a
6-1 win over
Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Ashley HomeStore Curling Classic, McEwen take home
52.250 world rankings points along with the $14,800CDN prize, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 12th place overall with
338.008 total points. McEwen ranks 7th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
183.548 points earned so far this season.
