2011 Victoria Curling Classic Invitational

2011 Victoria Curling Classic Invitational
Host city Victoria, British Columbia
Arena Archie Browning Sports Centre
Dates March 31-April 3
Men's winner Ontario Glenn Howard
Curling club Coldwater & District CC
Coldwater, Ontario
Skip Glenn Howard
Third Richard Hart
Second Brent Laing
Lead Craig Savill
Finalist Alberta Brock Virtue
Women's winner Manitoba Jennifer Jones
Curling club St. Vital Curling Club
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Skip Jennifer Jones
Third Kaitlyn Lawes
Second Jill Officer
Lead Dawn Askin
Finalist Alberta Shannon Kleibrink

The 2011 Victoria Curling Classic Invitational was held at the Archie Browning Sports Centre in Victoria, British Columbia from March 31 to April 3. There was a men's and women's draw. The men played a triple-knockout tournament to determine 8 quarterfinal spots, while the women played a round-robin tournament in two pools of four, and the top two teams of each pool advanced to the semifinals.

Men

Teams

Skip Third Second Lead Locale
Jim Cotter Ken Maskiewich Kevin Folk Rick Sawatsky British Columbia Kelowna/Vernon
Neil Dangerfield Dennis Sutton Darren Boden Rob Iuvale British Columbia Victoria
John Epping Scott Bailey Darryl Prebble Trevor Wall Ontario Toronto
Sean Geall Ken McArdle Tyler Klitch Darren LaFace British Columbia New Westminster
Brad Gushue Mark Nichols Ryan Fry Jamie Danbrook Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's
Glenn Howard Richard Hart Brent Laing Craig Savill Ontario Coldwater
Kevin Koe Blake MacDonald Carter Rycroft Nolan Thiessen Alberta Edmonton
Kevin Martin John Morris Marc Kennedy Ben Hebert Alberta Edmonton
Mike McEwen B.J. Neufeld Matt Wozniak Denni Neufeld Manitoba Winnipeg
Rick McKague Jim Moats Steve McKague Paul Strandlund Alberta Edmonton
Jason Montgomery Mike Wood Miles Craig William Duggan British Columbia Duncan
Braeden Moskowy Kirk Muyres Colton Flasch Matt Lang Saskatchewan Regina
Brent Pierce Grant Dezura Kevin Recksiedler Jeff Richard British Columbia New Westminster
Pat Simmons Steve Laycock Brennen Jones Dallan Muyres Saskatchewan Regina
Naomasa Takeda Fukuhiro Ohno Hiromitsu Kuriyama Shinaya Yoshimoto Japan Aomori
Brock Virtue JD Lind Dominic Daemen Dean Joanisse Alberta Lethbridge

Results

A Event

First Knockout Qualifier 1
 Alberta Martin 7  
 Japan Takeda 1      Alberta Martin 7  
 Ontario Epping 5      Ontario Epping 5  
 British Columbia Geall 3        Alberta Martin 5
 Newfoundland and Labrador Gushue 5        Newfoundland and Labrador Gushue 1
 Alberta Virtue 4      Newfoundland and Labrador Gushue 6
 Alberta Koe 5      Alberta Koe 3    
 Saskatchewan Moskowy 3  
First Knockout Qualifier 2
 Ontario Howard 8  
 British Columbia Dangerfield 2      Ontario Howard 8  
 Saskatchewan Simmons 8      Saskatchewan Simmons 4  
 British Columbia Montgomery 2        Ontario Howard 6
 British Columbia Cotter 9        Manitoba McEwen 3
 British Columbia Pierce 3      British Columbia Cotter 3
 Manitoba McEwen 9      Manitoba McEwen 9    
 Alberta McKague 7  

B Event

Second Knockout Qualifier 3
 Japan Takeda 3  
 British Columbia Geall 10      British Columbia Geall 2  
 Alberta Virtue 8      Alberta Virtue 7  
 Saskatchewan Moskowy 3        Alberta Virtue 7
            Manitoba McEwen 3
             
                 
      
Second Knockout Qualifier 4
 British Columbia Dangerfield 2  
 British Columbia Montgomery 8      British Columbia Montgomery 6  
 British Columbia Pierce 6      British Columbia Pierce 5  
 Alberta McKague 5        British Columbia Montgomery 2
            Newfoundland and Labrador Gushue 8
             
                 
      
Second Knockout Qualifier 5
 Ontario Epping 3  
 Alberta Koe 7      Alberta Koe 3
 Saskatchewan Simmons 8      Saskatchewan Simmons 8
 British Columbia Cotter 3  

C Event

Third Knockout Qualifier 6
 Japan Takeda 1  
 Saskatchewan Moskowy 12      Saskatchewan Moskowy 1  
          British Columbia Cotter 5  
            British Columbia Cotter 7
            British Columbia Montgomery 4
             
                 
      
Third Knockout Qualifier 7
 British Columbia Dangerfield 8  
 Alberta McKague 1      British Columbia Dangerfield 6  
          Ontario Epping 4  
            British Columbia Dangerfield 7
            Manitoba McEwen 5
             
                 
      
Third Knockout Qualifier 8
 British Columbia Geall 2  
 British Columbia Pierce 8      British Columbia Pierce 4
          Alberta Koe 5
      

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 Alberta Martin 6  
 British Columbia Dangerfield 3      Alberta Martin 6  
 Alberta Virtue 6      Alberta Virtue 7  
 Alberta Koe 4        Alberta Virtue 2
 Ontario Howard 4        Ontario Howard 6
 British Columbia Cotter 2      Ontario Howard 8
 Newfoundland and Labrador Gushue 4      Newfoundland and Labrador Gushue 2    
 Saskatchewan Simmons 1  

Women

Teams

Skip Third Second Lead Locale
Cheryl Bernard Susan O'Connor Carolyn Darbyshire Cori Morris Alberta Calgary
Jennifer Jones Kaitlyn Lawes Jill Officer Dawn Askin Manitoba Winnipeg
Shannon Kleibrink Amy Nixon Bronwen Webster Chelsey Bell Alberta Calgary
Kelley Law Jody Maskiewich Shannon Aleksik Kristen Recksiedler British Columbia New Westminster
Allison MacInnes Grace MacInnes Diane Gushulak Trysta Vandale British Columbia New Westminster
Marla Mallett Darah Provencal Stephanie Jackson Kelly Shimizu British Columbia New Westminster
Cathy Overton-Clapham Eve Muirhead Lori Olson-Johns Breanne Meakin Manitoba Winnipeg
Sarah Wark Michelle Allen Roselyn Craig (skip) Megan Reid British Columbia Victoria

Round Robin

Standings

Pool A W L
Manitoba Jennifer Jones 3 0
British Columbia Roselyn Craig 2 1
Manitoba Cathy Overton-Clapham 1 2
British Columbia Allison MacInnes 0 3
Pool B W L
Alberta Shannon Kleibrink 3 0
Alberta Cheryl Bernard 2 1
British Columbia Kelley Law 1 2
British Columbia Marla Mallett 0 3

Results

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British Columbia Craig 5-6 11-5 10-4
Manitoba Jones 6-5 7-2 5-3
British Columbia MacInnes 5-11 2-7 1-8
Manitoba Overton-Clapham 4-10 3-5 8-1
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Alberta Bernard 2-9 7-3 7-2
Alberta Kleibrink 9-2 6-4 5-3
British Columbia Law 3-7 4-6 9-4
British Columbia Mallett 2-7 3-5 4-9

Playoffs

Semifinals Final
      
1 Manitoba Jones 10
4 Alberta Bernard 4
Manitoba Jones 8
Alberta Kleibrink 2
3 British Columbia Craig 4
2 Alberta Kleibrink 9

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