Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) lost
8-4 to
Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Point Optical Curling Classic, held September 25 - 28, 2015 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Carruthers won
6-5 over
Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2015 Point Optical Curling Classic in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won
4-1 over
Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2015 Point Optical Curling Classic in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;
Carruthers finished 4-1 in the 26-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Carruthers lost
7-5 to
Charley Thomas (Calgary, AB), then responded with a
9-1 win over
Christopher Plys (Blaine, USA). Carruthers won
5-4 against
Jeff Hartung (Langenburg, SK), then won
7-6 against
Bottcher and
7-1 against
William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Point Optical Curling Classic, Carruthers take home
49.170 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN prize, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 5th place overall with
408.238 total points. Carruthers ranks 3rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
123.778 points earned so far this season.
