CHAMPION: Martin Wins 2012 Westcoast Curling Classic

SKIP
Kevin
Martin

Third
John
Morris

Second
Marc
Kennedy

Lead
Ben
Hebert

Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB) won 8-6 over Andrew Bilesky (Vancouver , BC) in the Final of the Westcoast Curling Classic, held October 5 - 8, 2012 at the Royal City Curling Club in New Westminster, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Martin won 5-2 over Brent Pierce (New Westminster, BC) in the semifinals of the 2012 Westcoast Curling Classic in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada; and won 7-1 over Sean Geall (New Westminster, BC) in the quarterfinals.

Martin finished 4-1 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Martin lost 9-2 to Pierce, then responded with a 5-3 win over William Lyburn (Winnipeg, MB). Martin won 8-1 against Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN), then won 7-1 against Brady Clark (Seattle, WA) and 6-4 against Ken McArdle (New Westminster, BC) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Westcoast Curling Classic Championship title, Martin earned 19.500 world rankings points along with the $14,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 3rd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 251.970 total points. Martin ranks 7th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 39.500 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: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2011: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2010: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2009: Bob Ursel
Jim Cotter, Bob Ursel, Kevin Folk, Rick Sawatsky
Kelowna, BC
2008: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2007: Kevin Koe
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2006: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2005: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2004: David Hamblin
David Hamblin, Ross Derksen, Kevin Hamblin, Ross McConnell
Winnipeg, MB
2003: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Garry VanDenBerghe, Steve Gould
Winnipeg, MB
2002: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2001: Greg McAulay
Greg McAulay, Brent Pierce, Bryan Miki, Jody Sveistrup
Richmond, BC

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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