2011 Westcoast Curling Classic

2011 Westcoast Curling Classic
Host city	New Westminster, British Columbia
Arena	Royal City Curling Club
Dates	October 7–10
Winner	Kevin Martin
Curling club	Saville SC, Edmonton
Skip	Kevin Martin
Third	John Morris
Second	Marc Kennedy
Lead	Ben Hebert
Finalist	Mike McEwen

The 2011 Westcoast Curling Classic was held from October 7 to 10 at the Royal City Curling Club in New Westminster, British Columbia as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. The purse for the event was CAD$80,000. The event was played in a triple knockout format.

Teams

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Brent Bawel	Mike Jantzen	Sean O'Connor	Hardi Sulimma	Calgary, Alberta
Sean Beighton	Andrew Ernst	Sam Galey	Mac Guy	Seattle, Washington
Andrew Bilesky	Stephen Kopf	Derek Errington	Aaron Watson	New Westminster, British Columbia
Jim Cotter	Kevin Folk	Tyrel Griffith	Rick Sawatsky	Kelowna/Vernon, British Columbia
Carl deConinck Smith	Jeff Sharp	Chris Haichert	Jesse St. John	Rosetown, Saskatchewan
David Nedohin (fourth)	Randy Ferbey (skip)	Ted Appelman	Brendan Melnyk	Edmonton, Alberta
Bryan Kedziora	Ron Leech	Mike Goerz	Dwayne Uyede	Maple Ridge, British Columbia
Kevin Koe	Pat Simmons	Carter Rycroft	Nolan Thiessen	Edmonton, Alberta
Steve Laycock	Joel Jordison	Brennen Jones	Dallan Muyres	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Kevin Martin	John Morris	Marc Kennedy	Ben Hebert	Edmonton, Alberta
Mike McEwen	B. J. Neufeld	Matt Wozniak	Denni Neufeld	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Dave Merklinger				Vernon, British Columbia
Dean Joanisse (fourth)	Tyler Klitch	Bryan Miki (skip)	Jay Batch	New Westminster, British Columbia
Jason Montgomery	Mike Wood	Miles Craig	William Duggan	Duncan, British Columbia
Yusuke Morozumi	Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi	Tetsuro Shimizu	Kosuke Morozumi	Karuizawa, Japan
Dan Petryk (fourth)	Steve Petryk (skip)	Colin Hodgson	Brad Chyz	Calgary, Alberta
Jeff Richard (fourth)	Brent Pierce (skip)	Kevin Recksiedler	Grant Dezura	New Westminster, British Columbia
Robert Schlender	Chris Lemishka	Darcy Hafso	Don Bartlett	Edmonton, Alberta
Randie Shen	Brendon Liu	Nicolas Hsu	Jan-Quinn Yu	Taipei City, Chinese Taipei
Alexey Tselousov	Andrey Drozdov	Alexey Stukalsky	Aleksey Kamnev	Moscow, Russia
Markku Uusipaavalniemi	Toni Anttila	Kasper Hakunti	Joni Ikonen	Helsinki, Finland
Brock Virtue	J. D. Lind	Dominic Daemen	Matthew Ng	Calgary, Alberta
Mike Johnson (fourth)	Chris Baier	Jay Wakefield (skip)	John Cullen	New Westminster, British Columbia
Darren Nelson (fourth)	Brad Wood (skip)	Darin Gerow	Cal Jackson	Vernon, British Columbia

Knockout Results

A Event

	First Knockout										Qualifier 1
	Kevin Martin		7
	Dave Merklinger		3			Kevin Martin		7
	Carl deConinck Smith		5			Carl deConinck Smith		6
	Markku Uusipaavalniemi		4								Kevin Martin		7
	Robert Schlender		5								Randy Ferbey		2
	Jay Wakefield		7			Jay Wakefield		0
	Randy Ferbey		6			Randy Ferbey		7
	Brad Wood		3

	First Knockout										Qualifier 2
	Kevin Koe		6
	Andrew Bilesky		5			Kevin Koe		8
	Steve Petryk		5			Steve Petryk		4
	Bryan Miki		1								Kevin Koe		10
	Steve Laycock		7								Steve Laycock		3
	Sean Beighton		3			Steve Laycock		5
	Brent Bawel		8			Brent Bawel		3
	Yusuke Morozumi		7

	First Knockout										Qualifier 3
	Mike McEwen		8
	Bryan Kedziora		6			Mike McEwen		2
	Jason Montgomery		5			Brent Pierce		8
	Brent Pierce		6								Brent Pierce		6
	Jim Cotter		7								Brock Virtue		3
	Randie Shen		2			Jim Cotter		4
	Brock Virtue		7			Brock Virtue		8
	Alexey Tselousov		3

B Event

	Second Knockout															Qualifier 4
						Mike McEwen		8
	Dave Merklinger		2			Markku Uusipaavalniemi		4
	Markku Uusipaavalniemi		4								Mike McEwen		3
											Jim Cotter		6
						Jim Cotter		6
	Robert Schlender		9			Robert Schlender		5
	Brad Wood		6													Jim Cotter		7
																Steve Laycock		3

	Second Knockout															Qualifier 5
						Carl deConinck Smith		7
	Andrew Bilesky		5			Bryan Miki		1
	Bryan Miki		6								Carl deConinck Smith		7
											Jay Wakefield		6
						Jay Wakefield		6
	Sean Beighton		0			Yusuke Morozumi		4
	Yusuke Morozumi		11													Carl deConinck Smith		7
																Brock Virtue		1

	Second Knockout															Qualifier 6
						Steve Petryk		5
	Bryan Kedziora		3			Jason Montgomery		4
	Jason Montgomery		7								Steve Petryk		4
											Brent Bawel		5
						Brent Bawel		9
	Randie Shen		2			Alexey Tselousov		4
	Alexey Tselousov		5													Brent Bawel		4
																Randy Ferbey		5

C Event

	Third Knockout															Qualifier 7
						Markku Uusipaavalniemi		7
						Robert Schlender		4
											Markku Uusipaavalniemi		6
	Bryan Miki		6								Steve Petryk		7
	Yusuke Morozumi		5			Bryan Miki		4
						Steve Petryk		8
																Steve Petryk		5
																Mike McEwen		6
						Mike McEwen		7
	Jason Montgomery		8			Jason Montgomery		1
	Alexey Tselousov		5								Mike McEwen		6
											Brock Virtue		5

	Third Knockout															Qualifier 8
											Brent Bawel		7
	Dave Merklinger		5								Jay Wakefield		8
	Brad Wood		6			Brad Wood		3
						Jay Wakefield		6
																Jay Wakefield		5
																Steve Laycock		6
											Steve Laycock		5
	Andrew Bilesky		8								Andrew Bilesky		2
	Sean Beighton		3			Andrew Bilesky		5
	Bryan Kedziora		7			Bryan Kedziora		4
	Randie Shen		2

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Kevin Martin		9
	Steve Laycock		1
						Kevin Martin		6
						Randy Ferbey		4
	Randy Ferbey		7
	Jim Cotter		4
											Kevin Martin		5
											Mike McEwen		2
	Kevin Koe		0
	Mike McEwen		6
						Mike McEwen		6
						Cark deConinck Smith		4
	Brent Pierce		4
	Cark deConinck Smith		5

External links

• Event Home Page

• Results from the World Curling Tour