Thomas Runner-Up at 2016 Canad Inns Men's Classic

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Charley
Thomas

Third
Nathan
Connolly

Second
Brandon
Klassen

Lead
DJ
Kidby

Games:	10
Record:	7W - 3L
PF/G:	8.71
PA/G:	5.14
Hammer Efficiency:	0.48
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.62
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Charley Thomas (Edmonton, AB) lost 6-5 to Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) 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, Thomas won 5-4 over Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2016 Canad Inns Men's Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada; and won 6-2 over Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Canad Inns Men's Classic in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada;

Thomas finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Thomas defeated Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong, KOR) 6-3, then won 8-2 against John Shuster (Duluth, USA). Thomas went on to lose 5-4 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB). Thomas responded with a 7-3 win over Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB). Thomas won 7-2 against Daley Peters (Winnipeg, MB). Thomas went on to lose 6-5 against Bruce Korte (Saskatoon , SK). Thomas responded with a 8-3 win over William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Canad Inns Men's Classic, Thomas take home 52.674 world rankings points along with the $10,000CDN prize, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 9th place overall with 352.221 total points. Thomas ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 127.440 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2018: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2017: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson, Craig Savill
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Steve Laycock
Steve Laycock, Kirk Muyres, Colton Flasch, Dallan Muyres
Saskatoon, SK
2014: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2012: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Calgary, AB
2011: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2010: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2009: Kerry Burtnyk
Kerry Burtnyk, Don Walchuk, Richard Daneault, Garth Smith
Winnipeg, MB
2008: Glenn Howard
Kerry Burtnyk, Don Walchuk, Richard Daneault, Garth Smith
Coldwater, ON
2007: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2006: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2005: Brad Heidt
Brad Heidt, Joel Jordison, Brent Gedak, Mitch Heidt
Kerrobert, SK

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