Virtue Reaches 2010 Westcoast Curling Classic Quarters

Brock Virtue (Calgary, AB) qualified for the 2010 Westcoast Curling Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-4 against Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB).

Virtue finished 4-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Virtue lost 7-3 to Brent Pierce (New Westminster, BC), then responded with a 6-2 win over Bryan Miki (New Westminster, BC). Virtue went on to lose 6-5 against Sean Geall (New Westminster, BC). Virtue responded with a 7-4 win over Xiaoming Xu (Harbin, CHN). Virtue won 7-1 against Jason Gunnlaugson (Moscow, RUS), then won 6-3 against Jason Montgomery (Duncan, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

Virtue earned 15.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Westcoast Curling Classic, moving up 47 spots the World Ranking Standings into 56th place overall with 26.854 total points. Virtue ranks 22nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 21.600 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2012: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2011: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2010: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2009: Bob Ursel
Jim Cotter, Bob Ursel, Kevin Folk, Rick Sawatsky
Kelowna, BC
2008: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2007: Kevin Koe
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2006: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2005: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2004: David Hamblin
David Hamblin, Ross Derksen, Kevin Hamblin, Ross McConnell
Winnipeg, MB
2003: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Garry VanDenBerghe, Steve Gould
Winnipeg, MB
2002: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2001: Greg McAulay
Greg McAulay, Brent Pierce, Bryan Miki, Jody Sveistrup
Richmond, BC

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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