Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) lost
6-1 to
Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT) in the Final of the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard, held October 3 - 7, 2019 at the High Park Club in Toronto, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Koe won
9-5 over
Korey Dropkin (Chaska, USA) in the semifinals of the 2019 Stu Sells Toronto Tankard in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and won
8-7 over
Michael Fournier (Montreal, QC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Stu Sells Toronto Tankard in Toronto, Ontario, Canada;
Koe finished 4-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koe lost
5-2 to
Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO), then responded with a
7-3 win over
John Willsey (Waterloo, ON). Koe won
8-2 against
John Epping (Toronto, ON), then won
8-7 against
Jacobs to advance to a B-Qualifier game where they lost
7-4 against
Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) to drop into a C-Qualifier game where they responded with a
8-3 win over
Pat Ferris (Grimsby, ON) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard, Koe take home
42.985 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN prize, remaining in 1st place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -8.249 after improving upon their best so far this season. Koe ranks 9th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
77.673 points earned so far this season.
