CHAMPION: Young Wins 2023 Newfoundland & Labrador Tankard

SKIP
Nathan
Young

Third
Sam
Follett

Second
Nathan
Locke

Lead
Ben
Stringer

Nathan Young (St. John's, NL) won 8-6 over Greg Smith (St. John's, NL) in the Final Young advanced directly to the championship game after finishing first in the preliminary round. of the Newfoundland & Labrador Tankard, held January 25 - 29, 2023 in St. John, Newfoundland / Labrador.

Young finished 6-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Young defeated Sean O'Leary (St. John's, NL) 5-3, then went on to lose 5-3 against Trent Skanes (St. John's, NL). Young responded with a 10-5 win over Ken Peddigrew (St. John's, NL). Young won 9-5 against Andrew Symonds (St. John's, NL), then won 6-2 against Ryan McNeil Lamswood (St. John's, NL) and 9-4 against Smith. Young won 9-1 against Dave Thomas (St. John's, NL) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Newfoundland & Labrador Tankard Championship title, Young earned 11.250 world rankings points. For week 26 of the event schedule, Young did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Young ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.