 Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB) wins the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2, drawing the 8-foot in defeating William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB) 8-7. Gunnlaugson with Alex Forrest at third, Ian McMillan and Connor Njegovan on the front end take home the $10,000CDN first place cheque along with 46.519 world ranking points, while Lyburn receives $8,000CDN and 36.551 world ranking points for their second place finish. For Gunnlaugson, the win also includes an all-expenses trip to the Masters of Curling in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan on October 24-30. Starting with hammer, Gunnlaugson scored 2 in the first end, then added a steal in the second end for an early 3-0 lead. Lyburn scored 2 in the third end, then forced Gunnlaugson to a single in the fourth end to extend lead to cut the lead to 4-2. Lyburn scored 4 in the fifth end, but Gunnlaugson responded in the sixth end scoring 3, then forced Lyburn to a single in the seventh end resulting to hold the hammer tied into the 8th end. Left with a centre guard in play and a Lyburn stone in the back eight-foot, Gunnlaugson needed all three sweepers to draw for his single point and the 8-7 win. In the semifinals, Gunnlaugson defeated Carl deConinck Smith (Rosetown, SK) 7-6 and Lyburn stole the extra end to defeat Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) 7-6. Bottcher and deConinck Smith earned $5,000CDN and 28.244 ranking points for their semifinal finishes. In the quarterfinals, Gunnlaugson defeated Josh Heidt (Saskatoon, SK) 6-5, Lyburn defeated Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN) 5-4 in an extra end, while Bottcher defeated Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON) 8-4 and deConinck Smith defeated Craig Brown (Madison, USA) 5-3. Brown, Liu, Heidt and Balsdon earned $3,500CDN along with 19.937 ranking points for their quarterfinal finishes. Gunnlaugson went 3-1 in the 15 team three pools qualifying round. In their opening game, Gunnlaugson defeated Jason Jacobson (Saskatoon, SK) 10-1, then won against Greg Drummond (Stirling, SCO) 7-2, won against Lyburn 6-1 before losing their final game to Brown 8-2. |
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After emerging on the global stage at senior level last month, Katie McMillan is feeling all the more ready for the challenge as she and partner Angus Bryce prepare to represent Scotland at the ACE & Company World Mixed Doubles Championships in Geneva over the next week (April 25 - May 2).
