CHAMPION: Howard Wins 2011 ON - The Dominion Tankard

Glenn Howard (Coldwater, ON) won 10-3 over Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON) in the Final of the ON - The Dominion Tankard, held February 7 - 13, 2011 in Grimsby, Ontario.

Howard finished 8-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Howard defeated Mark Bice (Sarnia, ON) 8-1, then went on to lose 9-5 against Peter Corner (Toronto, ON). Howard responded with a 11-2 win over Jake Higgs (Harrison, ON). Howard won 7-1 against Howard Rajala (Ottawa, ON), then won 7-1 against Chris Gardner (Ottawa, ON) and 9-7 against Balsdon. Howard won 10-4 against Nick Rizzo (Brantford, ON), then won 9-2 against Dale Matchett (Bradford, ON) and 8-2 against Mark Kean (Ajax, ON). Howard went on to lose 6-5 against John Epping (Toronto, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the ON - The Dominion Tankard Championship title, Howard earned 18.560 world rankings points, remaining in 2nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 5.45 after improving upon their best so far this season. Howard ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 194.090 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

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