Jacobs7-4 at 2011 Tim Hortons Brier

Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT) finished 7-4 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jacobs lost 7-2 to Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB), then responded with a 11-8 win over Jamie Koe (Yellowknife, Y/NWT). Jacobs went on to lose 7-5 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL). Jacobs lost 8-4 to Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB) where Jacobs responded with a 7-5 win over Jim Cotter (Kelowna, BC). Jacobs won 8-5 against Francois Gagne (Montreal, QC). Jacobs went on to lose 10-5 against Shawn Adams (Halifax, NS). Jacobs responded with a 5-4 win over Glenn Howard (Coldwater, ON). Jacobs won 9-2 against Eddie MacKenzie (Charlottetown, PEI), then won 6-1 against James Grattan (Oromocto, NB) and 6-3 against Steve Laycock (Regina, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

Jacobs earned 14.000 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 15th place overall with 147.011 total points. Jacobs ranks 12th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 86.610 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

Scotland's McMillan and Bryce set to get in mix with World's Best

After emerging on the global stage at senior level last month, Katie McMillan is feeling all the more ready for the challenge as she and partner Angus Bryce prepare to represent Scotland at the ACE & Company World Mixed Doubles Championships in Geneva over the next week (April 25 - May 2).