Thomas Reaches 2016 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic Quarters

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Charley
Thomas

Third
Nathan
Connolly

Second
Brandon
Klassen

Lead
DJ
Kidby

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	8.57
PA/G:	6.86
Hammer Efficiency:	0.25
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.55
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Charley Thomas (Edmonton, AB) qualified for the 2016 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-4 against Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB). of the 2016 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Thomas finished 3-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Thomas defeated Kody Hartung (Saskatoon , SK) 9-5, then won 7-2 against SooHyuk Kim (Gangwon, KOR). Thomas went on to lose 6-3 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). Thomas responded with a 7-5 win over Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

Thomas earned 25.734 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic, dropping 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 13th place overall with 299.547 total points. Thomas ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 74.766 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

2017: Rui Liu
Harbin, CHN
2016: Steve Laycock
Saskatoon, SK
2015: Kevin Koe
Calgary, AB
2014: Kevin Koe
Calgary, AB
2013: Kevin Martin
Edmonton, AB

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