CHAMPION: Zang Wins 2018 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel

Harbin, China

SKIP
Jia Liang
Zang

Third
De Xin
Ba

Second
Yanlong
Ma

Lead
Jin Bo
Wang

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	9.09
PA/G:	4.85
Hammer Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.35

Jia Liang Zang (Harbin, CHN) won 8-3 over Steve Allen (Ottawa, ON) in the Final of the 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel, held November 23 - 25, 2017 at the Gananoque Curling Club in Gananoque, Canada. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Zang won 6-0 over Greg Balsdon (Toronto, ON) to advance to the championship game. of the 2018 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel in Gananoque, Ontario, Canada; of the 2018 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel in Gananoque, Ontario, Canada;

Zang finished 2-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Zang lost 8-4 to Tom Wharry (Buckingham, QC), then responded with a 7-2 win over Scott Hill (Montreal, QC). Zang won 5-3 against Colin Dow (Ottawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel Championship title, Zang earned 21.503 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 6 spots the World Ranking Standings into 40th place overall with 110.377 total points. Zang ranks 33rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 81.183 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

2019: Matthew Hall
Matthew Hall, Alex Champ, Terry Arnold, Scott Clinton
Kitchener, ON
2018: Jia Liang Zang
Jia Liang Zang, De Xin Ba, Yanlong Ma, Jin Bo Wang
Harbin, CHN
2006: Greg Richardson
Greg Richardson, Daryl Smith, Paul Winford, Mike Potter
Ottawa, ON
2005: Steve Allen
Steve Allen, Gary Harris, Rick Allen, Dave Draper
, QC

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