Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) won
6-5 over
Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Point Optical Curling Classic, held September 23 - 26, 2011 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, Canada. To advance to the championship game, McEwen won
9-8 over
Randy Ferbey (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2011 Point Optical Curling Classic in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won
5-4 over
Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2011 Point Optical Curling Classic in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;
McEwen finished 4-0 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McEwen defeated
Shawn Joyce (Saskatoon, SK) 8-4, then won
6-4 against
Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI) and
5-2 against
Robert Schlender (Edmonton, AB). McEwen won
7-3 against
Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Point Optical Curling Classic Championship title, McEwen earned
35.000 world rankings points along with the $15,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 2nd place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with
273.320 total points. McEwen ranks 3rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
35.000 points earned so far this season.
