Lyburn Runner-Up at 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2

SKIP
William
Lyburn

Third
Richard
Daneault

Second
Jared
Kolomaya

Lead
Braden
Zawada

William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB) lost 8-7 to Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2, held September 5 - 10, 2017 in Regina, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Lyburn won 7-6 over Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Regina, Saskatchewan; and won 5-4 over Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Regina, Saskatchewan;

Lyburn finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Lyburn defeated Jason Jacobson (Saskatoon, SK) 4-3, then won 6-2 against Craig Brown (Madison, USA). Lyburn went on to lose 6-1 against Gunnlaugson. Lyburn responded with a 6-2 win over Greg Drummond (Stirling, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2, Lyburn take home 36.551 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN prize, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 22nd place overall with 180.989 total points. Lyburn ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 51.323 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

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Daniel Casper, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson, Chase Sinnett , Jordan Moulton
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Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell, Mark Fenner, Alex Fenson, Joe Polo, Shawn Rojeski
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Vernon, BC

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