Allen Runner-Up at 2018 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel

Ottawa, Ontario

SKIP
Steve
Allen

Third
Ritchie
Gillan

Second
Rick
Allen

Lead
Kevin
Rathwell

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	9.19
PA/G:	8.38
Hammer Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Defense:	0.17
Force Efficiency:	0.15
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Steve Allen (Ottawa, ON) lost 8-3 to Jia Liang Zang (Harbin, CHN) 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, Allen won 8-3 over Doug Kee (Ottawa, ON) to advance to the championship game. of the 2018 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel in Gananoque, Ontario, Canada;

Allen finished 3-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Allen defeated Howard Rajala (Ottawa, ON) 8-7, then won 7-6 against Greg Park (Oshawa, ON) and 8-7 against Greg Balsdon (Toronto, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the 1000 Islands Gananoque Open Cash Spiel, Allen take home 15.769 world rankings points along with the $1,200CDN prize, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 45th place overall with 99.739 total points. Allen ranks 39th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 71.593 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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