CHAMPION: Higgs Wins 2011 Barrie Sleeman Cash Spiel

Fourth
Brent
Ross

SKIP
Jake
Higgs

Second
Jonathan
Beuk

Lead
Bill
Buchanan

Jake Higgs (Harriston, ON) won 6-4 over Daryl Shane (Kitchener, ON) in the Final of the Barrie Sleeman Cash Spiel, held October 13 - 16, 2011 at the Barrie Curling Club in Barrie, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Higgs won 7-5 over Mike Jakubo (Sudbury, ON) in the semifinals of the 2011 Barrie Sleeman Cash Spiel in Barrie, Ontario, Canada; and won 7-2 over Peter Corner (Brampton, ON) in the quarterfinals.

Higgs finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Higgs defeated Andrew Thompson (Stroud, ON) 8-6, then won 7-6 against Jeff Clark (Cobourg, ON) and 8-6 against Denis Belanger (Toronto, ON). Higgs went on to lose 6-2 against Corner. Higgs lost 8-1 to Chris Gardner (Ottawa, ON) where Higgs responded with a 8-4 win over Willie MacPherson (Alliston, ON). Higgs won 8-2 against Ontario's Michael Shepherd in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Barrie Sleeman Cash Spiel Championship title, Higgs earned 10.400 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 18th place overall with 82.529 total points. Higgs ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 43.830 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

2023: Pat Ferris
Pat Ferris, Landan Rooney, Connor Duhaime, Robert Currie
Grimsby, ON
2022: Yannick Schwaller
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Yannick Schwaller, Sven Michel, Pablo Lachat
Geneva, SUI
2019: Sandy MacEwan
Sandy MacEwan, Dustin Montpellier, Lee Toner, Luc Ouimet
Sudbury, NO
2018: John Willsey
John Willsey, Connor Lawes, Robert Currie, Evan Lilly
,
2017: Wayne Tuck Jr.
Wayne Tuck Jr., Chad Allen, Kurt Armstrong, Matt Pretty
, ON
2016: Chad Allen
Chad Allen, Travis Fanset, Kurt Armstrong, Matt Pretty
Brantford, ON
2015: Codey Maus
Scott McDonald, Codey Maus, Wesley Forget, Jeff Grant
Toronto, ON
2014: Colin Dow
Colin Dow, Ritchie Gillan, Brett Lyon-Hatcher, John Steski
Ottawa, ON
2013: Greg Balsdon
Greg Balsdon, Mark Bice, Tyler Morgan, Jamie Farnell
Toronto, ON
2012: Joe Frans
Joe Frans, Ryan Werenich, Jeff Gorda, Shawn Kaufman
Acton, ON
2011: Jake Higgs
Brent Ross, Jake Higgs, Jonathan Beuk, Bill Buchanan
Harriston, ON
2010: John Epping
John Epping, Scott Bailey, Darryl Prebble, Trevor Wall
Toronto, ON
2009: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Jon Mead, John Epping, Scott Bailey
Toronto, ON
2008: Terry Corbin
Wayne Middaugh, Jon Mead, John Epping, Scott Bailey
Brantford, ON
2007: Kirk Ziola
Wayne Middaugh, Jon Mead, John Epping, Scott Bailey
London, ON
2006: Cary Luner
Cary Luner, Jon St. Denis, Ken McLaren, Bruce Scott
Toronto, ON
2005: Kirk Ziola
Kirk Ziola, Darcy Tomchick, Jake Higgs, Kevin Ackerman
Ilderton, ON

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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