CHAMPION: Pierce Wins 2011 Wainwright Roaming Buffalo Classic

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Brent Pierce (New Westminster, BC) won 5-4 over Wade White (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Wainwright Roaming Buffalo Classic, held November 18 - 21, 2011 in Wainwright, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Pierce won 4-1 over Jessi Wilkinson (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2011 Wainwright Roaming Buffalo Classic in Wainwright, Alberta; and won 6-4 over Randy Ferbey (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2011 Wainwright Roaming Buffalo Classic in Wainwright, Alberta;

Pierce finished 5-2 in the 26-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pierce defeated Wilkinson 8-1, then went on to lose 6-0 against Brad Heidt (Kindersley, SK). Pierce responded with a 5-3 win over Steve Mackey (Calgary, AB). Pierce won 5-3 against Brandan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB). Pierce went on to lose 7-2 against Ferbey. Pierce responded with a 4-1 win over Dalton (Wainwright, AB). Pierce won 7-5 against Colin Davidson (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Wainwright Roaming Buffalo Classic Championship title, Pierce earned 13.150 world rankings points along with the $12,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 12 spots the World Ranking Standings into 39th place overall with 50.018 total points. Pierce ranks 28th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 32.360 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

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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