Brent Pierce (New Westminster, BC) lost
5-3 to
Robert Schlender (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Twin Anchors Invitational, held September 30 - October 3, 2011 at the Vernon Curling Club in Vernon, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Pierce won
5-4 over
Kevin Koe (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2011 Twin Anchors Invitational in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada; and won
6-1 over
Alexey Tselousov (Moscow, RUS) in the quarterfinals. of the 2011 Twin Anchors Invitational in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada;
Pierce finished 4-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pierce defeated
Sean Beighton (Seattle, WA) 5-2, then went on to lose
7-3 against
Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC). Pierce responded with a
7-1 win over
Brent Yamada (Kelowna, BC). Pierce went on to lose
5-4 against
Tselousov. Pierce responded with a
5-0 win over
Jay Wakefield (New Westminster, BC). Pierce won
8-5 against
Dean Ross (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Twin Anchors Invitational, Pierce take home
6.510 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN prize, moving up 9 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 56th place overall with
25.918 total points. Pierce ranks 36th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
8.260 points earned so far this season.
