Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) is set to play
Gushue in the Final Gushue advanced directly to the championship game after finishing first in the preliminary round. of the Newfoundland & Labrador Tankard, held January 26 - 31, 2016 at the Remax Centre in St. John's, . To advance to the championship game, Gushue won
8-1 over
Colin Thomas (St. John's, NL) in the semifinals of the 2016 Newfoundland & Labrador Tankard in St. John's;
Gushue finished 5-0 in the 6-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue defeated
Adam Boland (St. John's, NL) 9-2, then won
11-1 against
Matthew Hunt (St. John's, NL) and
9-4 against
Andrew Symonds (St. John's, NL). Gushue won
8-1 against
Rick Rowsell (St. John's, NL), then won
8-5 against
Thomas in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Newfoundland & Labrador Tankard Championship title, Gushue earned
7.245 world rankings points. For week 24 of the event schedule, Gushue did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 2nd place on the
World Ranking Standings with
850.363 total points. Gushue ranks 1st overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
468.463 points earned so far this season.
