CHAMPION: Wisconsin's Craig Brown Wins 2011 Kia Curling Classic Superspiel

SKIP
Craig
Brown

Third
Matt
Hamilton

Second
Kroy
Nernberger

Lead
Derrick
Casper

Wisconsin's Craig Brown won 4-3 over Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) in the Final of the Kia Curling Classic Superspiel, held October 27 - 30, 2011 at the YNCU Curling Centre in Sault Ste.Marie, . To advance to the championship game, Wisconsin's Craig Brown won 7-2 over Ben Mikkelsen (Thunder Bay, ON) in the semifinals of the 2011 Kia Curling Classic Superspiel in Sault Ste.Marie; and won 6-3 over Matt Dumontelle (Sudbury, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2011 Kia Curling Classic Superspiel in Sault Ste.Marie;

Wisconsin's Craig Brown finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wisconsin's Craig Brown defeated Ontario's Dustin Montpellier 7-3, then won 7-2 against Robert Brewer (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) and 7-6 against Northern Ontario's Bryan Burgess in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Kia Curling Classic Superspiel Championship title, Wisconsin's Craig Brown earned 4.300 world rankings points along with the $2,800CDN first prize cheque, moving up 19 spots the World Ranking Standings into 88th place overall with 16.093 total points. Wisconsin's Craig Brown ranks 55th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 9.200 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

2008: Brad Jacobs
Sault Ste. Marie, ON
2010: Bryan Burgess
Brian Burgess, Gary Weiss, Dale Wiersema, Pat Berezowski
Thunder Bay, ON
2011: Craig Brown
Craig Brown, Matt Hamilton, Kroy Nernberger, Derrick Casper
, WI

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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