Matt Dunstone (Regina, SK) lost
9-2 to
Yuta Matsumura (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the Oakville Fall Classic, held August 30 - September 2, 2018 at the Oakville Curling Club in Oakville, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Dunstone won
9-5 over
Rich Ruohonen (Chaska, USA) in the semifinals of the 2018 Oakville Fall Classic in Oakville, Ontario, Canada; and won
7-4 over
Ross Paterson (Glasgow, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Oakville Fall Classic in Oakville, Ontario, Canada;
Dunstone finished 4-0 in the 21-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dunstone defeated
Jordan Chandler (Sudbury, NONT) 10-4, then won
7-5 against
Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON) and
8-4 against
Doug Brewer (Brockville, ON). Dunstone won
8-2 against
Andrin Schnider (St. Gallen, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Oakville Fall Classic, Dunstone take home
30.822 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN prize, moving up 5 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 16th place overall with
197.634 total points. Dunstone ranks 7th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
34.260 points earned so far this season.
