Charley Thomas (Toronto, ON) lost
7-3 to
Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON) in the Final of the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena), held October 18 - 21, 2018 at the Buckingham Curling Club in Buckingham, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Thomas won
7-2 over
Mark Homan (Chelsea, QC) in the semifinals of the 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena) in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada; and won
4-2 over
Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena) in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada;
Thomas finished 3-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Thomas defeated
Gaetan Mancini (Lausanne, SUI) 11-1, then won
6-1 against
Jia Liang Zang (Harbin, CHN). Thomas went on to lose
6-3 against
Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC). Thomas responded with a
7-3 win over
Steve Allen (Ottawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena), Thomas take home
31.722 world rankings points along with the $7,000CDN prize. For week 10 of the event schedule, Thomas did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Thomas ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
