CHAMPION: Liu Wins 2013 Pomeroy Inn & Suites Prairie Showdown

SKIP
Rui
Liu

Third
Xiao Ming
Xu

Second
Jia Liang
Zang

Lead
De Xin
Ba

Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN) won 5-3 over Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Pomeroy Inn & Suites Prairie Showdown, held March 14 - 17, 2013 in Grande Prairie, Alberta. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Liu won 6-4 over Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) to advance to the championship game. of the 2013 Pomeroy Inn & Suites Prairie Showdown in Grande Prairie, Alberta;

Liu finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Liu defeated Jim Cotter (Kelowna/Vernon, BC) 5-4, then won 6-4 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) and 5-3 against Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Pomeroy Inn & Suites Prairie Showdown Championship title, Liu earned 25.060 world rankings points along with the $15,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 22nd place overall with 105.995 total points. Liu ranks 21st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 54.930 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

Team Marco Hoesli (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) took down the world number one and two ranked teams to secure the first title of the season.

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