Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON) lost
5-4 to
Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON) in the Final of the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2, held November 8 - 13, 2016 in Cranbrook, British Columbia. To advance to the championship game, Howard won
5-2 over
Craig Brown (Blaine, USA) in the semifinals of the 2016 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Cranbrook, British Columbia; and won
4-3 over
Brady Clark (Seattle, USA) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Cranbrook, British Columbia;
Howard finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Howard defeated
Andrew Bilesky (New Westminster , BC) 7-1, then won
5-2 against
Jean-Michel Menard (Gatineau, QC) and
7-5 against
Tyler Tardi (Langley, BC). Howard won
6-3 against
Brown in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2, Howard take home
37.159 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN prize, moving up 2 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 13th place overall with
335.219 total points. Howard ranks 17th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
111.537 points earned so far this season.
