Mark Nichols has Team Gushue off to strong start at Tour Challenge
CRANBROOK, B.C. — Mark Nichols led Team Gushue to a pair of important wins on Wednesday at the Tour Challenge.
Nichols (2-0), from St. John’s, N.L., started his day with a 9-4 victory over Scotland’s Kyle Smith in the early afternoon draw, then downed Edmonton’s Charley Thomas 8-4 in Draw 5 that evening.
Thomas dropped to 0-2 with the loss.
Nichols, who regularly plays third, is acting as skip while Brad Gushue nurses a hip injury. Adam Spencer is filling in at third for this tournament.


