Sean Geall (Kelowna, BC) lost
7-1 to
Yuta Matsumura (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the Driving Force Abbotsford Cashspiel, held October 12 - 14, 2018 at the Abbotsford Curling Club in Abbotsford, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Geall won
7-5 over
Thomas Scoffin (Whitehorse, YK) in the semifinals of the 2018 Driving Force Abbotsford Cashspiel in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada; and won
8-6 over
Wylie Eden (Kelowna, BC) in the quarterfinals.
Geall finished 3-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Geall defeated
Duncan Silversides (Victoria, BC) 7-0, then won
5-2 against
Andrew Dunbar (Inuvik, NT) and
8-6 against
Mark Longworth (Vernon, BC) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Driving Force Abbotsford Cashspiel, Geall take home
14.407 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN prize, moving up 4 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 38th place overall with
98.603 total points. Geall ranks 44th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
27.721 points earned so far this season.
