Brock Virtue (Regina, SK) lost
6-5 to
Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic, held October 11 - 14, 2013 at the Crestwood Curling Club in Edmonton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Virtue won
5-3 over
Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2013 Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and won
6-2 over
Brent Pierce (New Westminster, BC) in the quarterfinals.
Virtue finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Virtue defeated
Dejia Zou (Harbin, CHN) 6-5, then won
6-3 against
Rob Fowler (Brandon, MB) and
7-5 against
Josh Heidt (Kerrobert, SK) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Direct Horizontal Drilling Fall Classic, Virtue take home
12.075 world rankings points along with the $9,000CDN prize, moving up 13 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 39th place overall with
34.330 total points. Virtue ranks 37th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
12.075 points earned so far this season.
