Stuart Thompson (Dartmouth, NS) lost
6-5 to
Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the StuSells Toronto Tankard, held October 5 - 8, 2018 at the Royal Canadian Curling Club in Toronto, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Thompson won
7-2 over
Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2018 StuSells Toronto Tankard in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and won
7-1 over
John Epping (Toronto, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 StuSells Toronto Tankard in Toronto, Ontario, Canada;
Thompson finished 4-2 in the 26-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Thompson lost
8-7 to
John Willsey (Waterloo, ON), droppimg another game,
8-6 to
Jordan Chandler (Sudbury, NONT) where Thompson responded with a
9-3 win over
Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN). Thompson won
7-6 against
Doug Kee (Ottawa, ON), then won
7-5 against
Chandler and
6-4 against
Glenn Howard (Penetanguishe, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the StuSells Toronto Tankard, Thompson take home
40.190 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN prize. Thompson move up 15 spots after posting a net gain of 33.298 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 30th overall with
116.947 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Thompson ranks 20th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
54.915 points earned so far this season.
