# 2010 Cactus Pheasant Classic

The 2010 Cactus Pheasant Classic was held October 28–31 in Brooks, Alberta, Canada. It was the only event taking place in Week 8 of the Men's World Curling Tour for the 2010-11 curling season. The total purse for the event was $70,000 Canadian dollars (CAD). The event format was a 24-team triple knockout, with eight teams qualifying into a single-elimination playoff round to determine the champion. The winner, was to qualify for the 2010 Canada Cup of Curling, but the winning rink (Kevin Martin) had already qualified.

## Participating teams

| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Ted Appelman | Tom Appelman | Brandon Klassen | Brendan Melnyk | Edmonton |
| Brent Bawel | Sean O'Connor | Mike Jantzen | Hardi Sulimma | Calgary |
| Craig Brown | John Shuster | Greg Johnson | Derrick Casper | Wisconsin |
| Carl deConinck Smith | Jeff Sharp | Chris Haichert | Jesse St. John | Saskatchewan |
| Niklas Edin | Sebastian Kraupp | Fredrik Lindberg | Viktor Kjäll | Karlstad |
| Scott Egger | Albert Gerdung | Terry Morishita | Robin Niebergall | Brooks |
| Sean Geall | Grant Dezura | Kevin Recksiedler | Kevin MacKenzie | New Westminster |
| Warren Hassall | Jamie King | Scott Manners | Chris Hassall | Alberta |
| Glenn Howard | Richard Hart | Brent Laing | Craig Savill | Coldwater |
| Kevin Koe | Blake MacDonald | Carter Rycroft | Nolan Thiessen | Edmonton |
| Kevin Martin | John Morris | Marc Kennedy | Ben Hebert | Edmonton |
| Mike McEwen | B.J. Neufeld | Matt Wozniak | Denni Neufeld | Winnipeg |
| Terry Meek | Dean Mamer | Greg Northcott | Eugene Doherty | Calgary |
| Wayne Middaugh | Joe Frans | Scott Howard | Scott Foster | Toronto |
| Yusuke Morozumi | Tsuyoshi Yamagushi | Tetsuro Shimizu | Kosuke Morozumi | Karuizawa |
| Kevin Park | Chris Galbraith | Taren Gesell | Pat McCallum | Winnipeg |
| Steve Petryk | Dan Petryk | Kevin Yablonski | Brad Chyz | Calgary |
| Paul Czeke | Brent Pierce (skip) | Jay Wakefield | John Cullen | British Columbia |
| Dean Ross | Don DeLair | Chris Blackwell | Sean Morris | Calgary |
| Robert Schlender | Chris Lemishka | Jessi Wilkinson | Darcy Hafso | Edmonton |
| Pat Simmons | Steve Laycock | Brennen Jones | Dallan Muyres | Regina |
| Brock Virtue | JD Lind | Dominic Daemen | Matthew Ng | Calgary |
| Don Walchuk | Chris Schille | DJ Kidby | Don Bartlett | Edmonton |
| Xu Xiaoming | Zang Jialiang | Zhang Zhipeng | Ba Dexin | China |

## Draw
### A Event

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 |
| Kevin Park | Kevin Park | 4 | | | | | | |
| Brent Bawel | Brent Bawel | 5 | | | | | | |
| Brent Bawel | Brent Bawel | 5 | Bawel | Bawel | 8 | | | |
| | | | Ross | Ross | 4 | | | |
| Niklas Edin | Niklas Edin | 4 | Ross | Ross | 4 | | | |
| Dean Ross | Dean Ross | 5 | | | | | | |
| Dean Ross | Dean Ross | 5 | | | | Bawel | Bawel | 4 |
| | | | | | | Koe | Koe | 5 |
| Don Walchuk | Don Walchuk | 3 | | | | | | | Koe | Koe | 5 |
| Yusuke Morozumi | Yusuke Morozumi | 6 | | | | | | |
| Yusuke Morozumi | Yusuke Morozumi | 6 | Morozumi | Morozumi | 4 | | | |
| | | | Koe | Koe | 7 | | | |
| Kevin Koe | Kevin Koe | 6 | Koe | Koe | 7 | | | |
| Craig Brown | Craig Brown | 3 | | | | | | |
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 |
| Wayne Middaugh | Wayne Middaugh | 6 | | | | | | |
| Xu Xiaoming | Xu Xiaoming | 3 | | | | | | |
| Xu Xiaoming | Xu Xiaoming | 3 | Middaugh | Middaugh | 7 | | | |
| | | | McEwen | McEwen | 3 | | | |
| Mike McEwen | Mike McEwen | 5 | McEwen | McEwen | 3 | | | |
| Steve Petryk | Steve Petryk | 4 | | | | | | |
| Steve Petryk | Steve Petryk | 4 | | | | Middaugh | Middaugh | 7 |
| | | | | | | Howard | Howard | 3 |
| C. deConinck Smith | C. deConinck Smith | 5 | | | | | | | Howard | Howard | 3 |
| Brock Virtue | Brock Virtue | 6 | | | | | | |
| Brock Virtue | Brock Virtue | 6 | Virtue | Virtue | 3 | | | |
| | | | Howard | Howard | 6 | | | |
| Glenn Howard | Glenn Howard | 7 | Howard | Howard | 6 | | | |
| Terry Meek | Terry Meek | 4 | | | | | | |
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 |
| Pat Simmons | Pat Simmons | 4 | | | | | | |
| Warren Hassall | Warren Hassall | 5 | | | | | | |
| Warren Hassall | Warren Hassall | 5 | Hassall | Hassall | 4 | | | |
| | | | Appelman | Appelman | 5 | | | |
| Ted Appelman | Ted Appelman | 8 | Appelman | Appelman | 5 | | | |
| Brent Pierce | Brent Pierce | 2 | | | | | | |
| Brent Pierce | Brent Pierce | 2 | | | | Appelman | Appelman | 4 |
| | | | | | | Martin | Martin | 5 |
| Sean Geall | Sean Geall | 5 | | | | | | | Martin | Martin | 5 |
| Robert Schlender | Robert Schlender | 6 | | | | | | |
| Robert Schlender | Robert Schlender | 6 | Schlender | Schlender | 1 | | | |
| | | | Martin | Martin | 7 | | | |
| Kevin Martin | Kevin Martin | 7 | Martin | Martin | 7 | | | |
| Scott Egger | Scott Egger | 2 | | | | | | |

### B Event

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 |
| | | | Warren Hassall | Warren Hassall | 7 | | | | | | |
| Kevin Park | Kevin Park | 1 | Edin | Edin | 6 | | | | | | |
| Niklas Edin | Niklas Edin | 5 | | | | Hassall | Hassall | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | Schlender | Schlender | 4 | | | |
| | | | Walchuk | Walchuk | 6 | | | | | | |
| Don Walchuk | Don Walchuk | 6 | Robert Schlender | Robert Schlender | 7 | | | | | | |
| Craig Brown | Craig Brown | 3 | | | | | | | Schlender | Schlender | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | Glenn Howard | Glenn Howard | 6 |
| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 5 | Qualifier 5 | Qualifier 5 |
| | | | Dean Ross | Dean Ross | 6 | | | | | | |
| Xu Xiaoming | Xu Xiaoming | 2 | Petryk | Petryk | 8 | | | | | | |
| Steve Petryk | Steve Petryk | 5 | | | | Petryk | Petryk | 5 | | | |
| | | | | | | Smith | Smith | 3 | | | |
| | | | Yusuke Morozumi | Yusuke Morozumi | 1 | | | | | | |
| C. deConinck Smith | C. deConinck Smith | 6 | Smith | Smith | 7 | | | | | | |
| Terry Meek | Terry Meek | 4 | | | | | | | Petryk | Petryk | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | Ted Appelman | Ted Appelman | 3 |
| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 6 | Qualifier 6 | Qualifier 6 |
| | | | Mike McEwen | Mike McEwen | 6 | | | | | | |
| Pat Simmons | Pat Simmons | 3 | Pierce | Pierce | 5 | | | | | | |
| Brent Pierce | Brent Pierce | 6 | | | | McEwen | McEwen | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | Geall | Geall | 7 | | | |
| | | | Brock Virtue | Brock Virtue | 2 | | | | | | |
| Sean Geall | Sean Geall | 7 | Geall | Geall | 8 | | | | | | |
| Scott Egger | Scott Egger | 5 | | | | | | | Geall | Geall | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | Brent Bawel | Brent Bawel | 7 |

### C Event

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 7 | Qualifier 7 | Qualifier 7 |
| | | | Niklas Edin | Niklas Edin | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | Don Walchuk | Don Walchuk | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Edin | Edin | 5 | | | |
| Dean Ross | Dean Ross | 4 | | | | McEwen | McEwen | 2 | | | |
| Yusuke Moroyumi | Yusuke Moroyumi | 5 | Moroyumi | Moroyumi | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | Mike McEwen | Mike McEwen | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Edin | Edin | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | Hassall | Hassall | 6 |
| | | | Warren Hassall | Warren Hassall | 7 | | | | | | |
| Brent Pierce | Brent Pierce | 3 | Virtue | Virtue | 3 | | | | | | |
| Brock Virtue | Brock Virtue | 5 | | | | Hassall | Hassall | 7 | | | |
| | | | | | | Ted Appelman | Ted Appelman | 3 | | | |
| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 8 | Qualifier 8 | Qualifier 8 |
| | | | | | | Sean Geall | Sean Geall | 5 | | | |
| Kevin Park | Kevin Park | 6 | | | | Park | Park | 4 | | | |
| Craig Brown | Craig Brown | 4 | Park | Park | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | C. deConinck Smith | C. deConinck Smith | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Geall | Geall | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | Schlender | Schlender | 4 |
| | | | | | | Robert Schlender | Robert Schlender | 7 | | | |
| Xu Xiaoming | Xu Xiaoming | 3 | | | | Meek | Meek | 5 | | | |
| Terry Meek | Terry Meek | 5 | Meek | Meek | 6 | | | | | | |
| Pat Simmons | Pat Simmons | 8 | Simmons | Simmons | 5 | | | | | | |
| Scott Egger | Scott Egger | 5 | | | | | | | | | |

### Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Kevin Martin | Kevin Martin | 4 | | | | | | |
| Sean Geall | Sean Geall | 1 | | | | | | |
| Sean Geall | Sean Geall | 1 | Martin | Martin | 6 | | | |
| | | | Howard | Howard | 3 | | | |
| Glenn Howard | Glenn Howard | 8 | Howard | Howard | 3 | | | |
| Steve Petryk | Steve Petryk | 2 | | | | | | |
| Steve Petryk | Steve Petryk | 2 | | | | Martin | Martin | 5 |
| | | | | | | Middaugh | Middaugh | 4 |
| Wayne Middaugh | Wayne Middaugh | 5 | | | | | | | Middaugh | Middaugh | 4 |
| Warren Hassall | Warren Hassall | 3 | | | | | | |
| Warren Hassall | Warren Hassall | 3 | Middaugh | Middaugh | 7 | | | |
| | | | Koe | Koe | 3 | | | |
| Kevin Koe | Kevin Koe | 7 | Koe | Koe | 3 | | | |
| Brent Bawel | Brent Bawel | 2 | | | | | | |

## Payout

| Place | Winnings |
| Champion | $22,000 |
| Runner-up | $14,000 |
| Semifinalist | $7,000 |
| Quarterfinalist | $5,000 |