CHAMPION: MacPherson Wins 2011 Co-operators Cup

SKIP
Willie
MacPherson

Third
Chuck
Haueter

Second
John
Glass

Lead
Tom
Cunningham

Willie MacPherson (Alliston, ON) won 8-3 over Al Hutchinson (Owen Sound, ON) in the Final of the Co-operators Cup, held November 25 - 27, 2011 in Markdale, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, MacPherson won 6-5 over Daryl Shane (Kitchener, ON) in the semifinals of the 2011 Co-operators Cup in Markdale, Ontario; and won 6-2 over Marika Bakewell (London, ON) in the quarterfinals.

MacPherson finished 2-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, MacPherson defeated Brent Ross (Harriston, ON) 7-6, then won 8-5 against Mike Aprile (Waterloo, ON). MacPherson went on to lose 6-6 against Rob Lipsett (Markdale, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Co-operators Cup Championship title, MacPherson earned 2.500 world rankings points along with the $3,600CDN first prize cheque. For week 15 of the event schedule, MacPherson did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. MacPherson ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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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