Matt Dunstone (Regina, SK) won
5-4 over
Kirk Muyres (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Dunstone won
4-3 over
Braden Calvert (winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2018 DEKALB Superspiel in Morris, Manitoba, Canada; and won
7-2 over
Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) in the quarterfinals.
Dunstone finished 4-0 in the 32 team
DEKALB Superspiel qualifying round, held November 2 - 5, 2018 at the Morris Curling Club in Morris, Canada. In their opening game, Dunstone defeated
Kelly Marnoch (Carberry, MB) 7-0, then won
5-2 against
Daniel Birchard (Winnipeg, MB) and
9-2 against
Brock Virtue (Kerrobert, SK). Dunstone won
6-3 against
Jason Gunnlaugson (Morris, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the DEKALB Superspiel Championship title, Dunstone earned
52.484 world rankings points along with the $11,000CDN first prize cheque. Dunstone move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 36.147 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 12th overall with
283.375 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Dunstone ranks 4th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
169.013 points earned so far this season.
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