Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) won
6-4 over
Randy Ferbey (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the The National, held January 6 - 10, 2010 in Guelph, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Gushue won
6-5 over
Glenn Howard (Coldwater, ON) in the semifinals of the 2010 The National in Guelph, Ontario; and won
6-3 over
Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2010 The National in Guelph, Ontario;
Gushue finished 3-2 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue defeated
Jason Gunnlaugson (Beausejour, MB) 7-4, then went on to lose
4-3 against
David Murdoch (Scotland, UK). Gushue responded with a
7-1 win over
Sean Geall (New Westminster, BC). Gushue won
7-3 against
Kerry Burtnyk (Winnipeg, MB). Gushue went on to lose
6-5 against
Ferbey in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the The National Championship title, Gushue earned
40.000 world rankings points along with the $24,000CDN first prize cheque. For week of the event schedule, Gushue did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Gushue ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
