Craig Brown (Madison, WI) won
5-3 over
Todd Birr (Mankato, MN) in the Final of the Curl Mesabi Cash Spiel, held December 16 - 18, 2011 at the Curl Mesabi in Eveleth, United States. To advance to the championship game, Brown won
3-0 over
Al Hackner (Thunder Bay, ON) in the semifinals of the 2011 Curl Mesabi Cash Spiel in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States; and won
6-3 over
Northern Ontario's Jeff Currie in the quarterfinals. of the 2011 Curl Mesabi Cash Spiel in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States;
Brown finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Brown defeated
Jason Smith (Ft. Myers, FL) 4-3, then won
6-1 against
Tom Scott (Hibbing, MN) and
5-1 against
Minnesota's Peter Stolt. Brown went on to lose
7-6 against
Paul Pustovar (Hibbing, MN). Brown responded with a
7-3 win over
Northern Ontario's Bryan Burgess in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Curl Mesabi Cash Spiel Championship title, Brown earned
4.500 world rankings points along with the $5,204CDN first prize cheque, moving up 7 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 77th place overall with
26.218 total points. Brown ranks 49th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
19.325 points earned so far this season.
