Fowler Runner-Up at 2011 Manitoba Lotteries Men's Curling Classic

Brandon, Manitoba

SKIP
Rob
Fowler

Third
Allan
Lyburn

Second
Richard
Daneault

Lead
Derek
Samagalski

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	8.33
PA/G:	5.28
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.06
Force Efficiency:	0.62
Steal Efficiency:	0.11

Rob Fowler (Brandon, MB) lost 5-4 to Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN) 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, Fowler won 6-2 over Vic Peters (Winnipeg , MB) in the semifinals of the 2011 Manitoba Lotteries Men's Curling Classic in Brandon; and won 7-5 over Darrell McKee (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals.

Fowler finished 2-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fowler defeated Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) 6-2, then won 7-5 against Peters in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Manitoba Lotteries Men's Curling Classic, Fowler take home 6.405 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN prize, dropping 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 9th place overall with 128.865 total points. Fowler ranks 20th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 21.405 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2011: Rui Liu
Harbin, CHN
2010: Scott Bitz
Regina, SK
2008: Jeff Stoughton
Winnipeg, MB
2005: Jeff Stoughton
Winnipeg, MB
2004: Allan Lyburn
Brandon, MB
2003: Jeff Stoughton
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2002: Shane Park
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