Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) won
5-4 over
Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Medicine Hat Charity Classic, held October 18 - 21, 2019 at the Medicine Hat Curling Club in Medicine Hat, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Sturmay won
6-3 over
Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong, KOR) in the semifinals of the 2019 Medicine Hat Charity Classic in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; and won
7-2 over
James Pahl (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Medicine Hat Charity Classic in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada;
Sturmay finished 3-0 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sturmay defeated
Steven Howard (Regina, SK) 5-3, then won
8-4 against
William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB) to advance to the A-Qualifier where they
6-4 against
Gunnlaugson to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Medicine Hat Charity Classic Championship title, Sturmay earned
46.481 world rankings points along with the $10,000CDN first prize cheque. Sturmay move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 31.036 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 22nd overall with
199.337 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Sturmay ranks 18th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
75.777 points earned so far this season.
