Jordan McNamara (Ottawa, ON) won
7-5 over
Sam Steep (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON) in the Final of the Capital Curling Valley Open, held November 3 - 5, 2023 in Carleton Place, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, McNamara won
8-4 over
Brian Lewis (Ottawa, ON) in the semifinals of the 2023 Capital Curling Valley Open in Carleton Place, Ontario; and won
10-8 over
Howard Rajala (Ottawa, ON) in the quarterfinals.
McNamara finished 2-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McNamara lost
9-2 to
Lewis, then responded with a
6-3 win over
Merv McBride (Manotick, ON). McNamara won
11-1 against
Denis Martel (Ottawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Capital Curling Valley Open Championship title, McNamara earned
3.750 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque. McNamara move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 1.875 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 83rd overall with
43.116 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. McNamara ranks 75th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
19.688 points earned so far this season.
