Tyler Tardi (Surrey, BC) lost
6-5 to
James Pahl (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Red Deer Curling Classic, held November 15 - 18, 2019 in Red Deer, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Tardi won
8-3 over
Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, USA) in the semifinals of the 2019 Red Deer Curling Classic in Red Deer, Alberta; and won
7-1 over
Aaron Sluchinski (Airdrie, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Red Deer Curling Classic in Red Deer, Alberta;
Tardi finished 5-2 in the 28-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tardi defeated
Kalem Hamilton (Edmonton, AB) 8-1, then won
7-3 against
Daylan Vavrek (Sexsmith, AB). Tardi went on to lose
7-4 against
Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB). Tardi responded with a
5-4 win over
Thomas Scoffin (Whitehorse, YK). Tardi went on to lose
4-3 against
Steven Howard (Regina, SK). Tardi responded with a
6-0 win over
Kevin Park (Edmonton, AB) to advance to the C-Qualifier where they
8-7 against
Jan Hess (Zug, SUI) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Red Deer Curling Classic, Tardi take home
28.504 world rankings points along with the $7,000CDN prize. Tardi move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 15.957 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 32nd overall with
138.764 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Tardi ranks 30th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
87.121 points earned so far this season.
