Having dropped to the B Road – both Team Brewster and MacDonald recorded wins along with Team Morozumi (Jpn) who defeated Walstad (Nor) 7-2.
Team Murdoch went down 4-6 to strong play by Team China and now face wining two further matches to stay in the competition and gain a place in the knock out finals.
It was farewell to Teams Fraser and Schwaller.
Team Fraser bow out the 2017 competition but look good to return in 2018