Carruthers Runner-Up at 2024 Astec Safety Challenge

SKIP
Reid
Carruthers

Third
Brad
Jacobs

Second
Derek
Samagalski

Lead
Connor
Njegovan

Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) lost 6-3 to Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the Astec Safety Challenge, held January 11 - 14, 2024 at the Lloydminster Curling Club in Lloydminster, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Carruthers won 5-4 over Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) in the semifinals of the 2024 Astec Safety Challenge in Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada; and won 5-4 over Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 Astec Safety Challenge in Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada;

Carruthers finished 4-1 in the 21-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Carruthers defeated Brent Pierce (New Westminster, BC) 8-6, then went on to lose 8-5 against Bruce Mouat (STIRLING, SCO). Carruthers responded with a 4-3 win over Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED). Carruthers won 8-7 against Pierce, then won 6-5 against Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Astec Safety Challenge, Carruthers take home 38.500 world rankings points along with the $18,000CDN prize. Carruthers move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 35.5 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 10th overall with 226.313 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Carruthers ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 175.938 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	43	28	0	0.606	12-3	5-5	4-3	2-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	556	402	341	7.23	6.13	1.10	4.30	4.03	1.68	1.52	1.67

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	285	305	73	57	8-1	20-1	64-14	1.07	0.26	0.40	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	271	97	268	36	1-3	8-17	13-54	0.36	0.99	0.57	0.24

2024: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Tyler Tardi, Jacques Gauthier, Karrick Martin
Calgary, AB
2008: Kevin Martin
Kevin Koe, Tyler Tardi, Jacques Gauthier, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2007: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Ryan Fry, Rob Fowler, Steve Gould
Winnipeg, MB
2006: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Jon Mead, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2005: Mark Johnson
Mark Johnson, Rob Bucholz, Glen Kennedy, Nolan Thiessen
Edmonton, AB
2004: Pat Ryan
Pat Ryan, Jim Cotter, Kevin MacKenzie, Rick Sawatsky
Kelowna, BC
2003: John Morris
John Morris, Shane Park, Marc Kennedy, Paul Moffatt
Calgary, AB
2002: Glen Despins
Glen Despins, Rod Montgomery, Phillip Germain, Dwayne Mihalicz
Strongfield, SK
2001: Andreas Schwaller
Andreas Schwaller
, SUI
2000: Rob Ewen
Andreas Schwaller
, SK
1999: Bert Gretzinger
Bert Gretzinger, Bob Ursel, Mark Whittle, Dave Mellof
, BC
1998: Bruce Korte
Bruce Korte, Darrell McKee, Roger Korte, Rory Golanowski
Saskatoon, SK
1997: Doug Walker
Bruce Korte, Darrell McKee, Roger Korte, Rory Golanowski
Beaumont, AB
1995: Lowell Peterman
Lowell Peterman, Trevor Sparks, Kelly Row, Peter Innes
Red Deer, AB
1994: Ed Lukowich
Ed Lukowich, John Ferguson, Dan Petryk, Steve Petryk
Calgary, AB

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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