Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC) won
7-6 over
Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON) in the Final of the Capital Curling Fall Open Men, held September 22 - 25, 2016 in Ottawa, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Fournier won
8-6 over
Pierre-Luc Morissette (Quebec, QC) in the semifinals of the 2016 Capital Curling Fall Open Men in Ottawa, Ontario; and won
10-5 over
Doug Brewer (Cornwall, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Capital Curling Fall Open Men in Ottawa, Ontario;
Fournier finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fournier defeated
Chris Gardner (Ottawa, ON) 5-2, then won
4-3 against
Jean-Sebastien Roy (Thurso, QC) and
8-3 against
Kurtis Byrd (Kingston, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Capital Curling Fall Open Men Championship title, Fournier earned
18.900 world rankings points along with the $2,400CDN first prize cheque, moving up 23 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 71st place overall with
51.231 total points. Fournier ranks 34th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
21.195 points earned so far this season.
