CHAMPION: Martin Wins 2012 Victoria Curling Classic Invitational

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Kevin
Martin

Third
John
Morris

Second
Marc
Kennedy

Lead
Ben
Hebert

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	6.92
PA/G:	4.04
Hammer Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Defense:	0.07
Force Efficiency:	0.69
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB) won 5-2 over Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Victoria Curling Classic Invitational, held March 29 - April 1, 2012 in Victoria, British Columbia. To advance to the championship game, Martin won 4-2 over Kevin Koe (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2012 Victoria Curling Classic Invitational in Victoria, British Columbia; and won 5-4 over Dean Joanisse (Victoria, BC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2012 Victoria Curling Classic Invitational in Victoria, British Columbia;

Martin finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . . Martin went on to lose 6-5 against Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Victoria Curling Classic Invitational Championship title, Martin earned 23.590 world rankings points along with the $22,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 2nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 15.83 after improving upon their best so far this season. Martin ranks 3rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 206.870 points earned so far this season.