McDonald0-3 at 2019 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel

SKIP
Mark
McDonald

Third
Randy
Beal

Second
Sandy
Staples

Lead
Mark
Strachan

Mark McDonald (Kingston, ON) finished 0-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McDonald lost 6-4 to Ontario's Nicholas Servant, droppimg another game, 7-6 to Doug Johnston (Ottawa, ON). McDonald lost 11-1 to Frederic Lawton (Montreal, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

. For week 18 of the event schedule, McDonald did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 286th to 295th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 5.749 total points. McDonald ranks 229th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.580 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

2019: Matthew Hall
Matthew Hall, Alex Champ, Terry Arnold, Scott Clinton
Kitchener, ON
2018: Jia Liang Zang
Jia Liang Zang, De Xin Ba, Yanlong Ma, Jin Bo Wang
Harbin, CHN
2006: Greg Richardson
Greg Richardson, Daryl Smith, Paul Winford, Mike Potter
Ottawa, ON
2005: Steve Allen
Steve Allen, Gary Harris, Rick Allen, Dave Draper
, QC

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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