Daniel Bruce (St. John's, NL) lost
8-6 to
Jacques Gauthier (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the New Holland Canadian Junior Mens Championship, held January 18 - 26, 2020 in Langley, British Columbia. To advance to the championship game, Bruce won
9-8 over
Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2020 New Holland Canadian Junior Mens Championship in Langley, British Columbia;
Bruce finished 8-2 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bruce defeated
Ryan Jacques (Edmonton, AB) 8-5, then won
7-6 against
Johnson Tao (Richmond, BC) and
10-8 against
Owen Purdy (Kingston, ON). Bruce won
9-7 against
Sawer Kaeser (Fort Smith, NT), then won
10-7 against
Hayato Sato (New Westminster, BC). Bruce went on to lose
5-4 against
Kleiter. Bruce lost
10-6 to
Gauthier where Bruce responded with a
8-3 win over
Tyler Smith (Montague, PEI). Bruce won
5-4 against
Graeme Weagle (Chester, NS), then won
8-5 against
Brett Walter (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the New Holland Canadian Junior Mens Championship, Bruce take home
16.795 world rankings points. For week 27 of the event schedule, Bruce did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Bruce ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
