Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN) won
5-4 over
Rob Fowler (Brandon, MB) in the Final of the Manitoba Lotteries Men's Curling Classic, held October 7 - 10, 2011 at the Brandon Curling Club in Brandon, . To advance to the championship game, Liu won
6-5 over
Todd Birr (Mankato, MN) in the semifinals of the 2011 Manitoba Lotteries Men's Curling Classic in Brandon; and won
6-2 over
Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2011 Manitoba Lotteries Men's Curling Classic in Brandon;
Liu finished 3-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Liu defeated
Perry Fisher (Nesbitt, MB) 6-2, then won
9-2 against
David Bohn (Winnipeg, MB) and
9-4 against
Terry McNamee (Brandon, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Manitoba Lotteries Men's Curling Classic Championship title, Liu earned
9.150 world rankings points along with the $8,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 7 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 39th place overall with
41.541 total points. Liu ranks 33rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
12.675 points earned so far this season.
