CHAMPION: Smith Wins 2018 Newfoundland & Labrador Tankard

SKIP
Greg
Smith

Third
Matthew
Hunt

Second
Andrew
Taylor

Lead
Ian
Withycombe

Greg Smith (St. John's, NL) won 9-6 over Andrew Symonds (St. John's, NL) in the Final Smith advanced directly to the championship game after finishing first in the preliminary round. of the Newfoundland & Labrador Tankard, held January 29 - February 4, 2018 at the Remax Centre in St. John's, . Greg Smith (St. John's, NL) run at the 2018 Newfoundland & Labrador Tankard came to an end in the semifinals with a 9-4 loss to Andrew Symonds (St. John's, NL). of the 2018 Newfoundland & Labrador Tankard in St. John's; of the 2018 Newfoundland & Labrador Tankard in St. John's; of the 2018 Newfoundland & Labrador Tankard in St. John's;

Smith finished 8-0 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith defeated Dave Thomas (Port aux Basques, NL) 11-3, then won 6-4 against Trent Skanes (St. John's, NL) and 9-7 against Colin Thomas (St. John's, NL). Smith won 8-6 against Symonds, then won 9-3 against Frank O'Driscoll (St. John's, NL) and 11-10 against Paul Harvey (St. John's, NL). Smith won 9-8 against Adam Boland (St. John's, NL), then won 10-2 against Justin Lockyer (St. John's, NL) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Newfoundland & Labrador Tankard Championship title, Smith earned 4.725 world rankings points. For week 26 of the event schedule, Smith did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Smith ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner (Photo: Stephen Fisher/World Curling) are semifinal bound after picking up an eighth victory in Fredericton.

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