Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON) won
7-3 over
Charley Thomas (Toronto, 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, McDonald won
8-5 over
Jia Liang Zang (Harbin, CHN) in the semifinals of the 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena) in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada; and won
7-6 over
Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena) in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada;
McDonald finished 5-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McDonald lost
8-2 to
Brent MacDougall (Halifax, NS), then responded with a
6-4 win over
Doug Kee (Ottawa, ON). McDonald won
6-5 against
John Epping (Toronto, ON). McDonald went on to lose
5-3 against
Mark Homan (Chelsea, QC). McDonald responded with a
7-0 win over
Greg Smith (St. John's, NL). McDonald won
7-5 against
MacDougall, then won
5-4 against
Steve Allen (Ottawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Challenge de Curling de Gatineau (Arena) Championship title, McDonald earned
43.258 world rankings points along with the $11,000CDN first prize cheque. McDonald move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 29.41 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 17th overall with
231.899 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. McDonald ranks 8th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
121.120 points earned so far this season.
