Nichols Reaches 2016 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau Semifinals

SKIP
Mark
Nichols

Third
Charley
Thomas

Second
Brett
Gallant

Lead
Geoff
Walker

Mark Nichols (St. John's, NL) run at the 2016 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau came to an end in the semifinals with a 8-3 loss to Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB). of the 2016 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada; Nichols advanced through the quarterfinals with a 9-4 win over Jordan Chandler (Sudbury, NONT).

Nichols finished 4-0 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Nichols defeated Yi Hang Liang (Shanghai, CHN) 12-3, then won 5-4 against Pat Ferris (Grimsby, ON) and 6-2 against Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS). Nichols won 8-3 against Ryan McCrady (Ottawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Nichols earned 29.686 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau, remaining in 1st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 722.850 total points. Nichols ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 195.207 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

2009: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Jean Gagnon
Gatineau, QC
2010: Serge Reid
Serge Reid, Francois Gionest, Simon Collin, Steeve Villeneuve
Saguenay, QC
2011: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau/Levis, QC
2012: Mark Dacey
Mark Dacey, Tommy Sullivan, Stephen Burgess, Andrew Gibson
Halifax, NS
2013: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Brett Gallant, Adam Casey, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2014: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2016: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Craig Savill, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2017: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Xiao Ming Xu, Dongxu Jiang, Jia Liang Zang
Harbin, CHN
2018: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Jonathan Beuk, Wesley Forget, Scott Chadwick
Kingston, ON