CHAMPION: Martin Wins 2012 Pomeroy Inn & Suites Prairie Showdown

SKIP
Kevin
Martin

Third
John
Morris

Second
Marc
Kennedy

Lead
Ben
Hebert

Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB) won 6-2 over Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN) in the Final of the Pomeroy Inn & Suites Prairie Showdown, held March 8 - 11, 2012 in Grande Prairie, Alberta. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Martin won 7-5 over Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) to advance to the championship game. of the 2012 Pomeroy Inn & Suites Prairie Showdown in Grande Prairie, Alberta; of the 2012 Pomeroy Inn & Suites Prairie Showdown in Grande Prairie, Alberta;

Martin finished 5-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Martin defeated Colin Griffith (Grande Prairie, AB) 6-1, then won 8-3 against Jordan Steinke (Dawson Creek, BC) and 9-3 against Greg Hill (Grande Prairie, AB). Martin won 7-2 against Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK), then won 4-1 against Brock Virtue (Regina, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Pomeroy Inn & Suites Prairie Showdown Championship title, Martin earned 0.000 world rankings points along with the $12,500CDN first prize cheque. For week 30 of the event schedule, Martin did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 2nd place on the World Ranking Standings with 447.080 total points. Martin ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 191.040 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

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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