CHAMPION: McEwen Wins 2011 BDO Canadian Open

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Mike
McEwen

Third
B.J.
Neufeld

Second
Matt
Wozniak

Lead
Denni
Neufeld

Games:	8
Record:	8W - 0L
PF/G:	9.30
PA/G:	4.04
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.81
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) won 5-2 over Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the BDO Canadian Open, held December 14 - 18, 2011 in Kingston, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, McEwen won 8-2 over Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the semifinals of the 2011 BDO Canadian Open in Kingston, Ontario; and won 6-5 over Jean-Michel Menard (Gatineau/Levis, QC) in the quarterfinals.

McEwen finished 5-0 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McEwen defeated Mark Kean (Toronto, ON) 8-2, then won 6-4 against Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, SCO) and 6-1 against John Epping (Toronto, ON). McEwen won 6-4 against Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL), then won 8-3 against Edin in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the BDO Canadian Open Championship title, McEwen earned 40.000 world rankings points along with the $25,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 1st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 34 after improving upon their best so far this season. McEwen ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 219.015 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

2024: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr. , Michael Goodfellow
STIRLING, SCO
2023: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2020: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NONT
2019: Brendan Bottcher
Brendan Bottcher, Darren Moulding, Bradley Thiessen, Karrick Martin
Edmonton, AB
2018: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Claudio Paetz, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneva, SUI
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2015: John Epping
John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Tim March
Toronto, ON
2014: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2013: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen
Calgary, AB
2012: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Wayne Middaugh, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2011: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2011: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, MB
2010: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2009: Glenn Howard
Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill
Coldwater, ON
2007: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2007: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2006: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Garry VanDenBerghe, Steve Gould, Don Harvey
Winnipeg, MB
2005: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2003: Glen Despins
Glen Despins, Rod Montgomery, Phillip Germain, Dwayne Mihalicz
, SK
2002: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2001: Wayne Middaugh
Wayne Middaugh, Graeme McCarrel, Ian Tetley, Scott Bailey
Midland, ON

Bottcher Out!

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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