CHAMPION: Smith Wins 2018 Manitoba Curling Tour Classic

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Riley
Smith

Third
Nick
Curtis

Second
Jared
Hancox

Lead
Trevor
Grenkow

Games:	7
Record:	5W - 2L
PF/G:	8.18
PA/G:	6.97
Hammer Efficiency:	0.31
Steal Defense:	0.31
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.41

Riley Smith (Winnipeg, MB) won 7-4 over Dennis Bohn (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Manitoba Curling Tour Classic, held October 5 - 8, 2018 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. To advance to the championship game, Smith won 5-1 over Ty Dilello (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2018 Manitoba Curling Tour Classic in Winnipeg, Manitoba; and won 6-3 over Corey Chambers (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Manitoba Curling Tour Classic in Winnipeg, Manitoba;

Smith finished 2-2 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith lost 8-1 to David Bohn (Winnipeg, MB), then responded with a 1-0 win over JT Ryan (Winnipeg, MB). Smith went on to lose 1-0 against Bohn. Smith responded with a 7-6 win over Sean Grassie (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Manitoba Curling Tour Classic Championship title, Smith earned 26.733 world rankings points along with the $1,800CDN first prize cheque. Smith move up 26 spots after posting a net gain of 23.006 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 68th overall with 60.277 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Smith ranks 37th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 26.733 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

2019: Tanner Horgan
Tanner Horgan, Colton Lott, Kyle Doering, Tanner Lott
Winnipeg Beach, MB
2018: Riley Smith
Riley Smith, Nick Curtis, Jared Hancox, Trevor Grenkow
Winnipeg, MB
2017: David Bohn
David Bohn, Justin Richter, Tyler Forrest, Bryce J. McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Braden Calvert
Braden Calvert, Kyle Kurz, Lucas Van Den Bosch, Brendan Wilson
Winnipeg, MB

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