Homan Reaches 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena) Semifinals

SKIP
Mark
Homan

Third
Mike
McLean

Second
Colton
Daly

Lead
Gary
Findley

Mark Homan (Chelsea, QC) run at the 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena) came to an end in the semifinals with a 7-2 loss to Charley Thomas (Toronto, ON). of the 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena) in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada; Homan advanced through the quarterfinals with a 6-4 win over Martin Crete (St-Romuald, QC).

Homan finished 5-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Homan lost 8-7 to Jia Liang Zang (Harbin, CHN), then responded with a 7-3 win over Gaetan Mancini (Lausanne, SUI). Homan won 7-1 against Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI), then won 5-3 against Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON). Homan went on to lose 8-2 against Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO). Homan responded with a 6-5 win over Steven Munroe (Levis, QC). Homan won 7-4 against Jean-Sebastien Roy (Saguenay, QC) in their final qualifying round match.

Homan earned 24.513 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena). Homan move up 27 spots after posting a net gain of 21.191 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 72nd overall with 57.610 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Homan ranks 48th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 31.029 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2009: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Jean Gagnon
Gatineau, QC
2010: Serge Reid
Serge Reid, Francois Gionest, Simon Collin, Steeve Villeneuve
Saguenay, QC
2011: Jean-Michel Menard
Jean-Michel Menard, Martin Crete, Eric Sylvain, Philippe Menard
Gatineau/Levis, QC
2012: Mark Dacey
Mark Dacey, Tommy Sullivan, Stephen Burgess, Andrew Gibson
Halifax, NS
2013: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Brett Gallant, Adam Casey, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2014: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2016: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Craig Savill, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2017: Rui Liu
Rui Liu, Xiao Ming Xu, Dongxu Jiang, Jia Liang Zang
Harbin, CHN
2018: Scott McDonald
Scott McDonald, Jonathan Beuk, Wesley Forget, Scott Chadwick
Kingston, ON

Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner (Photo: Stephen Fisher/World Curling) are semifinal bound after picking up an eighth victory in Fredericton.

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