2011 Victoria Curling Classic Invitational

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.

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

Men

Teams

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

Results

A Event

	First Knockout					Semifinals					Qualifier 1
	Martin		7
	Takeda		1			Martin		7
	Epping		5			Epping		5
	Geall		3								Martin		5
	Gushue		5								Gushue		1
	Virtue		4			Gushue		6
	Koe		5			Koe		3
	Moskowy		3

	First Knockout					Semifinals					Qualifier 2
	Howard		8
	Dangerfield		2			Howard		8
	Simmons		8			Simmons		4
	Montgomery		2								Howard		6
	Cotter		9								McEwen		3
	Pierce		3			Cotter		3
	McEwen		9			McEwen		9
	McKague		7

B Event

	Second Knockout					Semifinals					Qualifier 3
	Takeda		3
	Geall		10			Geall		2
	Virtue		8			Virtue		7
	Moskowy		3								Virtue		7
											McEwen		3

	Second Knockout					Semifinals					Qualifier 4
	Dangerfield		2
	Montgomery		8			Montgomery		6
	Pierce		6			Pierce		5
	McKague		5								Montgomery		2
											Gushue		8

	Second Knockout					Qualifier 5
	Epping		3
	Koe		7			Koe		3
	Simmons		8			Simmons		8
	Cotter		3

C Event

	Third Knockout					Semifinals					Qualifier 6
	Takeda		1
	Moskowy		12			Moskowy		1
						Cotter		5
											Cotter		7
											Montgomery		4

	Third Knockout					Semifinals					Qualifier 7
	Dangerfield		8
	McKague		1			Dangerfield		6
						Epping		4
											Dangerfield		7
											McEwen		5

	Third Knockout					Qualifier 8
	Geall		2
	Pierce		8			Pierce		4
						Koe		5

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Martin		6
	Dangerfield		3			Martin		6
	Virtue		6			Virtue		7
	Koe		4								Virtue		2
	Howard		4								Howard		6
	Cotter		2			Howard		8
	Gushue		4			Gushue		2
	Simmons		1

Women

Teams

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

Round Robin

Standings

Pool A W L Jennifer Jones 3 0 Roselyn Craig 2 1 Cathy Overton-Clapham 1 2 Allison MacInnes 0 3

Pool B W L Shannon Kleibrink 3 0 Cheryl Bernard 2 1 Kelley Law 1 2 Marla Mallett 0 3

Results

Berth Craig Jones MacIn. Ov-Cl Craig 5-6 11-5 10-4 Jones 6-5 7-2 5-3 MacInnes 5-11 2-7 1-8 Overton-Clapham 4-10 3-5 8-1

Berth Bern. Klei. Law Mall. Bernard 2-9 7-3 7-2 Kleibrink 9-2 6-4 5-3 Law 3-7 4-6 9-4 Mallett 2-7 3-5 4-9

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Jones	10
	4	Bernard	4
						Jones		8
						Kleibrink		2
	3	Craig	4
	2	Kleibrink	9

External links

• WCT Men's Event Page
• WCT Women's Event Page