Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON) won
7-6 over
Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the Final of the The Syncrude National, held March 12 - 16, 2014 in Fort McMurray, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Howard won
10-6 over
Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2014 The Syncrude National in Fort McMurray, Alberta; and won
7-3 over
Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2014 The Syncrude National in Fort McMurray, Alberta;
Howard finished 4-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Howard defeated
Travis Fanset (Toronto, ON) 6-3, then won
7-4 against
Pascal Hess (Zug, SUI). Howard went on to lose
10-9 against
Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI). Howard responded with a
6-5 win over
Mark Dacey (Halifax, NS). Howard won
8-4 against
Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the The Syncrude National Championship title, Howard earned
40.000 world rankings points along with the $24,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 2 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 2nd place overall with
428.530 total points. Howard ranks 3rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
195.000 points earned so far this season.
