Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) won
6-5 over
Kirk Muyres (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final of the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen, held January 24 - 27, 2019 at the Coyotes Curling Club in Tempe, United States. To advance to the championship game, Carruthers won
9-7 over
Rich Ruohonen (Chaska, USA) in the semifinals of the 2019 Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen in Tempe, Arizona, United States; and won
7-5 over
's Jeremy Harty in the quarterfinals.
Carruthers finished 4-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Carruthers defeated
's Bob Leclair 9-1, then won
7-3 against
Chris Bond (Seattle, WA) and
9-2 against
Edward Scimia (Bridgeport, CT). Carruthers won
6-2 against
Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Ed Werenich Golden Wrench Classic presented by The Lodge Sasquatch Kitchen Championship title, Carruthers earned
31.975 world rankings points along with the $8,541CDN first prize cheque. Carruthers move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of -2.154 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 12th overall with
248.874 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Carruthers ranks 12th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
219.107 points earned so far this season.
