Brock Virtue (Calgary, AB) lost
5-2 to
Jamie King (Edmonton/Calgary, AB) in the Final of the MNP Charity Classic, held October 14 - 17, 2011 at the Medicine Hat Curling Club in Medicine Hat, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Virtue won
7-4 over
Markku Uusipaavalniemi (Helsinki, FIN) in the semifinals of the 2011 MNP Charity Classic in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; and won
6-1 over
Rick McKague (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2011 MNP Charity Classic in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada;
Virtue finished 5-1 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Virtue defeated
Matthew Blandford (Cold Lake, AB) 6-3, then won
10-4 against
Leon Moch (Medicine Hatt, AB) and
6-2 against
Darrell McKee (Saskatoon, SK). Virtue went on to lose
7-6 against
Scott Bitz (Regina, SK). Virtue responded with a
6-5 win over
Robert Schlender (Edmonton, AB). Virtue won
6-4 against
Brent Bawel (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the MNP Charity Classic, Virtue take home
11.585 world rankings points along with the $6,500CDN prize, moving up 4 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 22nd place overall with
72.665 total points. Virtue ranks 29th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
16.385 points earned so far this season.
