CHAMPION: Muyres Wins 2018 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2

SKIP
Kirk
Muyres

Third
Kevin
Marsh

Second
Daniel
Marsh

Lead
Dallan
Muyres

Kirk Muyres (Saskatoon, SK) won 8-3 over Scott McDonald (Kingston, ON) in the Final of the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2, held November 6 - 11, 2018 in Thunder Bay, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Muyres won 6-5 over Charley Thomas (Toronto, ON) in the semifinals of the 2018 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Thunder Bay, Ontario; and won 5-4 over Glen Muirhead (Perth, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Thunder Bay, Ontario;

Muyres finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Muyres defeated Kevin Flewwelling (Strathroy, ON) 8-3, then won 9-6 against Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) and 6-1 against Colin Koivula (Thunder Bay, NONT). Muyres won 5-2 against Tanner Lott (Winnipeg Beach, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the GSOC Tour Challenge Tier 2 Championship title, Muyres earned 46.500 world rankings points along with the $10,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 13 of the event schedule, Muyres did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Muyres ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2023: Daniel Casper
Daniel Casper, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson, Chase Sinnett , Jordan Moulton
Chaska, MN
2022: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell
Duluth, MN
2019: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell, Mark Fenner, Alex Fenson, Joe Polo, Shawn Rojeski
Chaska, USA
2018: Kirk Muyres
Kirk Muyres, Kevin Marsh, Daniel Marsh, Dallan Muyres
Saskatoon, SK
2017: Jason Gunnlaugson
Jason Gunnlaugson, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Greg Balsdon
Greg Balsdon, Jonathan Beuk, David Staples, Scott Chadwick
Kingston, ON
2015: Jim Cotter
Jim Cotter, Ryan Kuhn, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky
Vernon, BC

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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