CHAMPION: Smith Wins 2012 Stirling Invitational

SKIP
Warwick
Smith

Third
David
Smith

Second
Alan
Smith

Lead
Ross
Hepburn

Warwick Smith (Perth, SCO) won 5-4 over Grant Hardie (Dumfries, SCO) in the Final of the Stirling Invitational, held November 30 - December 2, 2012 in Stirling, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, Smith won 5-1 over David Edwards (Aberdeen, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2012 Stirling Invitational in Stirling, Scotland; and won 5-3 over Hammy McMillan (Stranraer, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2012 Stirling Invitational in Stirling, Scotland;

Smith finished 5-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith defeated Hardie 3-1, then won 6-3 against Mathias Genner (Kitzbuehel, AUT) and 7-2 against Kelly Marnoch (Carberry, MB). Smith won 7-1 against Graeme Black (Perth, SCO), then won 6-3 against Scotland's Bruce Mouat in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Stirling Invitational Championship title, Smith earned 5.600 world rankings points along with the $3,204CDN first prize cheque, moving up 14 spots the World Ranking Standings into 74th place overall with 22.281 total points. Smith ranks 103rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.600 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

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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