Kirk Muyres (Saskatoon, SK) won
8-3 over
Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON) in the Final of the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2, held November 6 - 11, 2018 in Thunder Bay, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Muyres won
6-5 over
Charley Thomas (Toronto, ON) in the semifinals of the 2018 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Thunder Bay, Ontario; and won
5-4 over
Glen Muirhead (Perth, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Thunder Bay, Ontario;
Muyres finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Muyres defeated
Kevin Flewwelling (Strathroy, ON) 8-3, then won
9-6 against
Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) and
6-1 against
Colin Koivula (Thunder Bay, NONT). Muyres won
5-2 against
Tanner Lott (Winnipeg Beach, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 Championship title, Muyres earned
46.500 world rankings points along with the $10,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 13 of the event schedule, Muyres did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Muyres ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
