Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) won
7-3 over
Wayne Tuck Jr. (Strathroy, ON) in the Final of the Stu Sells Oakville Tankard, held September 6 - 9, 2018 at the Oakville Curling Club in Oakville, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Schwaller won
5-4 over
Jan Hess (Zug, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2018 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard in Oakville, Ontario, Canada; and won
8-1 over
Tanner Horgan (Sudbury, NONT) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard in Oakville, Ontario, Canada;
Schwaller finished 4-1 in the 26-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Schwaller defeated
Alexey Timofeev (St. Petersburg, RUS) 4-1, then won
9-5 against
Tuck Jr. to advance to a A-Qualifier game where they lost
7-4 against
John Epping (Toronto, ON). Schwaller responded with a
9-1 win over
Andrew Stopera (Chaska, USA) to advance to the B-Qualifier where they
10-0 against
Jordan Chandler (Sudbury, NONT) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Stu Sells Oakville Tankard Championship title, Schwaller earned
51.858 world rankings points along with the $7,500CDN first prize cheque. Schwaller move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 35.046 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 16th overall with
226.005 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Schwaller ranks 1st overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
72.614 points earned so far this season.
