Jason Gunnlaugson (Winnipeg, MB) won
5-4 over
Tanner Horgan (Winnipeg Beach, MB) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Gunnlaugson won
5-4 over
Ryan Wiebe (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2019 Mother Club Fall Curling Classic in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; and won
6-5 over
Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals.
Gunnlaugson finished 4-0 in the 20 team
Mother Club Fall Curling Classic qualifying round, held September 19 - 22, 2019 at the Granite Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. In their opening game, Gunnlaugson defeated
Jacques Gauthier (Winnipeg , MB) 7-1, then won
11-0 against
JT Ryan (Winnipeg , MB) and
7-0 against
William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB). Gunnlaugson won
5-1 against
Steen Sigurdson (Gimli, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Mother Club Fall Curling Classic Championship title, Gunnlaugson earned
33.514 world rankings points along with the $2,500CDN first prize cheque. Gunnlaugson move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 18.889 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 16th overall with
255.744 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Gunnlaugson ranks 8th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
60.717 points earned so far this season.
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