Glenn Howard (Coldwater, ON) won
6-4 over
John Epping (Toronto, ON) in the Final of the GP Car and Home World Cup of Curling, held November 2 - 6, 2011 in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Howard won
5-2 over
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the semifinals of the 2011 GP Car and Home World Cup of Curling in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario; and won
4-2 over
Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2011 GP Car and Home World Cup of Curling in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario;
Howard finished 4-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Howard defeated
Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) 5-3, then won
7-3 against
Epping. Howard went on to lose
8-5 against
Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB). Howard responded with a
5-1 win over
Mark Kean (Toronto, ON). Howard won
3-2 against
Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the GP Car and Home World Cup of Curling Championship title, Howard earned
40.000 world rankings points along with the $24,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 3rd place overall with
292.483 total points. Howard ranks 3rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
97.270 points earned so far this season.
