Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) won
6-5 over
Charley Thomas (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Canad Inns Men's Classic, held October 14 - 17, 2016 at the Portage Curling Club in Portage La Prairie, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Carruthers won
4-2 over
Shaun Meachem (Regina, SK) in the semifinals of the 2016 Canad Inns Men's Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada; and won
9-4 over
Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in the quarterfinals.
Carruthers finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Carruthers defeated
Trevor Bonot (Thunder Bay, NONT) 8-2, then went on to lose
7-5 against
Jason Ackerman (Regina, SK). Carruthers responded with a
6-1 win over
Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong, KOR). Carruthers won
8-5 against
William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB), then won
6-5 against
Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB). Carruthers went on to lose
6-5 against
John Morris (Vernon, BC). Carruthers responded with a
8-3 win over
Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Canad Inns Men's Classic Championship title, Carruthers earned
67.039 world rankings points along with the $18,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 2 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 3rd place overall with
547.189 total points. Carruthers ranks 4th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
149.345 points earned so far this season.
