Matt Dunstone (Winnipeg, MB) won
7-2 over
Mike McEwen (Saskatoon, SK) in the Final of the Astec Safety Challenge, held January 8 - 11, 2025 at the Lloydminster Curling Club in Lloydminster, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Dunstone won
7-6 over
Niklas Edin (Karlstad , SWE) in the semifinals of the 2025 Astec Safety Challenge in Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada; and won
6-5 over
Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2025 Astec Safety Challenge in Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada;
Dunstone finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dunstone defeated
Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) 6-3, then won
8-0 against
Joel Retornaz (Cembra, ITA) and
8-1 against
Yannick Schwaller (Geneve, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Astec Safety Challenge Championship title, Dunstone earned
52.500 world rankings points along with the $35,000CDN first prize cheque. Dunstone move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 31.5 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 3rd overall with
337.781 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Dunstone ranks 3rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
271.875 points earned so far this season.
