CHAMPION: Bitz Wins 2011 Horizon Laser Vision Center Classic

SKIP
Scott
Bitz

Third
Mark
Lang

Second
Aryn
Schmidt

Lead
Dean
Hicke

Scott Bitz (Regina, SK) won 7-2 over Mark Herbert (Moose Jaw, SK) in the Final of the Horizon Laser Vision Center Classic, held September 30 - October 3, 2011 at the Tartan Curling Club in Regina, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Bitz won 5-1 over Al Schick (Regina, SK) in the semifinals of the 2011 Horizon Laser Vision Center Classic in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won 6-4 over Shawn Joyce (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals.

Bitz finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bitz defeated Matt Willerton (Edmonton, AB) 1-0, then won 5-1 against Brent Goeres (Regina, SK) and 4-3 against Jason Krupski (Whitewood, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Horizon Laser Vision Center Classic Championship title, Bitz earned 5.250 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 5 spots the World Ranking Standings into 54th place overall with 27.890 total points. Bitz ranks 52nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.250 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

2012: De Jia Zou
De Jia Zou, Luan Chen, Yangsong Ji, Guang Xu Li
Harbin, CHN
2011: Scott Bitz
Scott Bitz, Mark Lang, Aryn Schmidt, Dean Hicke
Regina, SK
2010: Randy Bryden
Randy Bryden, Troy Robinson, Trent Knapp, Kelly Knapp
Regina, SK

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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