# 2018 Australian Men's Curling Championship

The 2018 Australian Men's Curling Championship was held from 7 to 10 June 2018 at the Naseby Curling Club in Naseby, New Zealand. The winners of this championship will represent Australia at the 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships.
At the same time 2018 Australian Women's Curling Championship and 2018 Australian Mixed Curling Championship were held at the Naseby Curling Club.

## Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Team | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale |
| Team Armstrong | Dustin Armstrong | James Boyd | Keswick Pearson | Hal Jenkins | | Perth |
| Team Brown | Alastair Brown | Rhogan Aitken | Elliot Douglas | Ian Lund | | Perth |
| Team Buck | Wyatt Buck | Gregory Gendron | Brad Scott | Andrew Walkeer | | Perth |
| Team Davis | Geoff Davis | Tanner Davis | Matt Panoussi | Angus Young | | Melbourne |
| Team Gagnon | Ian Gagnon | Clive Webster | Bruce Freshwater | Pete Manasantivongs | | Melbourne |
| Team Hewitt | Dean Hewitt | Jay Merchant | Rupert Jones | Ian Palangio | Steve Johns | Sydney |
| Team Lyons | Ben Lyons | Damien Brain | Kevan Young | Edwin Wan | | Melbourne |
| Team Millikin | Hugh Millikin | Sam Williams | Mitch Thomas | Matt Millikin | | Sydney |
| Team Thomas | Max Thomas | Phil Goschnick | Jim Hansen | Ali Cameron | | Brisbane |

## Triple Knock-out
### Stage 1

| Draw 1 | Draw 1 | Draw 2 | Draw 2 | Draw 3 | Draw 3 | | Draw 4 (winner to Final, loser to Semi) | Draw 4 (winner to Final, loser to Semi) |
| Team Hewitt | 16 | | | | | | | |
| Team Thomas | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Team Thomas | 2 | Team Hewitt | 7 | | | | | |
| | | Team Armstrong | 5 | | | | | |
| Team Gagnon | 2 | Team Armstrong | 5 | | | | | |
| Team Armstrong | 9 | | | | | | | |
| Team Armstrong | 9 | | | Team Hewitt | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Team Hewitt | 7 |
| | | | | | | | Team Davis | 3 |
| Team Lyons | 2 | | | | | | | | Team Davis | 3 |
| Team Brown | 12 | | | | | | | |
| Team Brown | 12 | Team Brown | 7 | | | | | |
| | | Team Millikin | 8 | | | | | |
| | | | | Team Millikin | 2 | | | |
| | | | | Team Davis | 7 | | | |
| Team Buck | 5 | | | | | Team Davis | 7 | | | |
| Team Davis | 8 | | | | | | | |
| Team Davis | 8 | Team Davis | | | | | | |

### Stage 2

| Draw 5 | Draw 5 | Draw 5 | Draw 6 | Draw 6 | Draw 6 | Draw 7 (winner to Stage 3) | Draw 7 (winner to Stage 3) | Draw 7 (winner to Stage 3) |
| Team Lyons | Team Lyons | 3 | | | | | | |
| Team Thomas | Team Thomas | 8 | | | | | | |
| Team Thomas | Team Thomas | 8 | Team Thomas | Team Thomas | 4 | | | |
| | | | Team Gagnon | Team Gagnon | 6 | | | |
| Team Gagnon | Team Gagnon | | Team Gagnon | Team Gagnon | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | | Team Gagnon | Team Gagnon | 12 |
| | | | | | | Team Buck | Team Buck | 2 |
| | | | Team Buck | Team Buck | 6 | | | |
| | | | Team Brown | Team Brown | 4 | | | |

### Stage 3

| Winner to Draw 8 | Winner to Draw 8 | Winner to Draw 8 |
| Team Lyons | Team Lyons | 4 |
| Team Thomas | Team Thomas | 10 |
| Draw 8 | Draw 8 | Draw 8 | Draw 9 | Draw 9 | Draw 9 | Draw 10 (winner to Semi) | Draw 10 (winner to Semi) | Draw 10 (winner to Semi) |
| | | | Team Armstrong | Team Armstrong | 11 | | | |
| | | | Team Gagnon | Team Gagnon | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | Team Armstrong | Team Armstrong | 10 |
| | | | | | | Team Millikin | Team Millikin | 6 |
| Team Millikin | Team Millikin | | | | | | | | Team Millikin | Team Millikin | 6 |
| | | | Team Millikin | Team Millikin | 11 | | | |
| | | | Team Brown | Team Brown | 2 | | | |
| Team Brown | Team Brown | 6 | Team Brown | Team Brown | 2 | | | |
| Team Thomas | Team Thomas | 5 | | | | | | |

## Play-off

| Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final 1 | Final 1 | Final 1 |
| Team Hewitt | Team Hewitt | | | | |
| | | | Team Hewitt | Team Hewitt | 10 |
| | | | Team Armstrong | Team Armstrong | 2 |
| Team Davis | Team Davis | 1 | Team Armstrong | Team Armstrong | 2 |
| Team Armstrong | Team Armstrong | 7 | | | |

## Final standings

| Place | Skip | Games | Wins | Losses |
| | Dean Hewitt | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| | Dustin Armstrong | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| | Geoff Davis | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Hugh Millikin | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Ian Gagnon | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Alastair Brown | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Max Thomas | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Wyatt Buck | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Ben Lyons | 3 | 0 | 3 |