Jake Higgs (Harriston, ON) won
6-4 over
Daryl Shane (Kitchener, ON) in the Final of the Barrie Sleeman Cash Spiel, held October 13 - 16, 2011 at the Barrie Curling Club in Barrie, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Higgs won
7-5 over
Mike Jakubo (Sudbury, ON) in the semifinals of the 2011 Barrie Sleeman Cash Spiel in Barrie, Ontario, Canada; and won
7-2 over
Peter Corner (Brampton, ON) in the quarterfinals.
Higgs finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Higgs defeated
Andrew Thompson (Stroud, ON) 8-6, then won
7-6 against
Jeff Clark (Cobourg, ON) and
8-6 against
Denis Belanger (Toronto, ON). Higgs went on to lose
6-2 against
Corner. Higgs lost
8-1 to
Chris Gardner (Ottawa, ON) where Higgs responded with a
8-4 win over
Willie MacPherson (Alliston, ON). Higgs won
8-2 against
Ontario's Michael Shepherd in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Barrie Sleeman Cash Spiel Championship title, Higgs earned
10.400 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 3 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 18th place overall with
82.529 total points. Higgs ranks 6th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
43.830 points earned so far this season.
