Johnston Runner-Up at 2019 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel

Ottawa, Ontario

Fourth
Brian
Lewis

SKIP
Doug
Johnston

Second
Jeff
Henderson

Lead
John
Steski

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	10.00
PA/G:	7.14
Hammer Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.62
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Doug Johnston (Ottawa, ON) lost 6-4 to Matthew Hall (Kitchener, ON) in the Final of the 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel, held November 22 - 24, 2019 at the Gananoque Curling Club in Gananoque, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Johnston won 8-7 over Frederic Lawton (Montreal, QC) to advance to the championship game. of the 2019 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel in Gananoque, Ontario, Canada;

Johnston finished 3-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Johnston defeated Quebec's Steve Lang 7-1, then won 7-6 against Mark McDonald (Kingston, ON) and 9-5 against Ontario's Ken Robichaud in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel, Johnston take home 6.763 world rankings points along with the $1,200CDN prize, moving up 13 spots the World Ranking Standings into 135th place overall with 30.064 total points. Johnston ranks 106th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 24.104 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

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