# 2012 Mercure Perth Masters

The 2012 Mercure Perth Masters were held from January 5 to 8 at the Dewars Centre in Perth, Scotland as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. The purse for the event was GBP£17,000, and the winner, Mike McEwen, received GBP£6,000. The event was held in a triple knockout format.
For the first time, a spot in the Masters was awarded to the winner of the 2011 Curl Atlantic Championship, James Grattan of New Brunswick, Canada.

## Teams

| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Tom Brewster | Greg Drummond | Scott Andrews | Michael Goodfellow | Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Alan Chalmers | Hamish Lorrian-Smith | Graham Cormack | Steve Rankin | Perth, Scotland |
| Benoit Schwarz (fourth) | Peter de Cruz (skip) | Gilles Vuille | Valentin Tanner | Switzerland |
| Niklas Edin | Sebastian Kraupp | Fredrik Lindberg | Viktor Kjäll | Karlstad, Sweden |
| David Edwards | John Penny | Scott MacLeod | Colin Campbell | Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Ally Fraser | David Reid | Ruairidh Greenwood | Tom Pendreigh | Scotland |
| Blair Fraser | Thomas Sloan | Hammy McMillan | Struan Wood | Perth, Scotland |
| James Grattan | Charlie Sullivan, Jr. | Steven Howard | Peter Case | Oromocto, New Brunswick |
| Logan Gray | Alasdair Guthrie | Steve Mitchell | Sandy Gilmour | Stirling, Scotland |
| Brad Gushue | Ryan Fry | Geoff Walker | Adam Casey | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| John Hamilton | Philip Garden | Jamie Dick | Graeme Copland | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Pascal Hess | Yves Hess | Florian Meister | Stefan Meienberg | Switzerland |
| Steve Laycock | Joel Jordison | Brennen Jones | Dallan Muyres | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Ewan MacDonald | Graeme Connal | Peter Loudon | Euan Byers | Scotland |
| Lee McCleary | James Stark | Neil Joss | Gavin Fleming | Scotland |
| Mike McEwen | B. J. Neufeld | Matt Wozniak | Denni Neufeld | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Jay McWilliam | Colin Dick | Grant Hardie | Billy Morton | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Steffen Mellemseter | Markus Snøve Høiberg | Håvard Mellem | Magnus Nedregotten | Norway |
| David Murdoch | Glen Muirhead | Ross Paterson | Richard Woods | Lockerbie, Scotland |
| Mark Neeleman | Mark Rurup | Erik van der Zwan | Marcel Rijkes | Zoetermeer, Netherlands |
| Claudio Pescia | Sven Iten | Reto Seiler | Rainer Kobler | St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| Tomi Rantamäki | Jussi Uusipaavalniemi | Pekka Peura | Jermo Pollanen | Finland |
| Sandy Reid | Moray Combe | Neil MacArthur | David Soutar | Scotland |
| Graham Shaw | Brian Binnie | David Hay | Robin Niven | Scotland |
| David Sik | David Marek | Karel Uher | Milan Polivka | Prague, Czech Republic |
| David Smith | Warwick Smith | Craig Wilson | Ross Hepburn | Perth, Scotland |
| Kyle Smith | Thomas Muirhead | Kyle Waddell | Kerr Drummond | Scotland |
| Torkil Svensgaard | Kenneth Jørgensen | Martin Uhd Grønbech | Daniel Abrahamsen | Hvidovre, Denmark |
| Martins Truskans | Janis Rudzitis | Rihards Jeske | Didzis Petersons | Latvia |
| Alexey Tselousov | Andrey Drozdov | Alexey Stukalsky | Aleksey Kamnev | Moscow, Russia |
| Thomas Ulsrud | Torger Nergård | Christoffer Svae | Håvard Vad Petersson | Oslo, Norway |

## Knockout results
### A event

| First Knockout | First Knockout | First Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 |
| Mike McEwen | Mike McEwen | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Martins Truskans | Martins Truskans | 3 | Mike McEwen | Mike McEwen | 7 | | | | | | |
| Ally Fraser | Ally Fraser | 6 | Ally Fraser | Ally Fraser | 6 | | | | | | |
| Logan Gray | Logan Gray | 5 | | | | Mike McEwen | Mike McEwen | 3 | | | |
| Mark Neeleman | Mark Neeleman | 7 | | | | Claudio Pescia | Claudio Pescia | 6 | | | |
| Jay McWilliam | Jay McWilliam | 2 | Mark Neeleman | Mark Neeleman | 5 | | | | | | |
| Blair Fraser | Blair Fraser | 2 | Claudio Pescia | Claudio Pescia | 6 | | | | | | |
| Claudio Pescia | Claudio Pescia | 4 | | | | | | | Claudio Pescia | Claudio Pescia | 5 |
| Tom Brewster | Tom Brewster | 6 | | | | | | | Tom Brewster | Tom Brewster | 4 |
| Torkil Svensgaard | Torkil Svensgaard | 5 | Tom Brewster | Tom Brewster | 6 | | | | | | |
| Graeme Shaw | Graeme Shaw | 4 | Graeme Shaw | Graeme Shaw | 3 | | | | | | |
| James Grattan | James Grattan | 3 | | | | Tom Brewster | Tom Brewster | 5 | | | |
| David Edwards | David Edwards | 4 | | | | David Edwards | David Edwards | 0 | | | |
| Alexey Tselousov | Alexey Tselousov | 2 | David Edwards | David Edwards | 4 | | | | | | |
| Kyle Smith | Kyle Smith | 5 | Steve Laycock | Steve Laycock | 3 | | | | | | |
| Steve Laycock | Steve Laycock | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| First Knockout | First Knockout | First Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 |
| Thomas Ulsrud | Thomas Ulsrud | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Craig Reid | Craig Reid | 2 | Thomas Ulsrud | Thomas Ulsrud | 4 | | | | | | |
| Steffen Mellemseter | Steffen Mellemseter | 4 | Ewan MacDonald | Ewan MacDonald | 2 | | | | | | |
| Ewan MacDonald | Ewan MacDonald | 6 | | | | Thomas Ulsrud | Thomas Ulsrud | 6 | | | |
| Pascal Hess | Pascal Hess | 2 | | | | Brad Gushue | Brad Gushue | 8 | | | |
| David Smith | David Smith | 9 | David Smith | David Smith | 4 | | | | | | |
| John Hamilton | John Hamilton | 2 | Brad Gushue | Brad Gushue | 6 | | | | | | |
| Brad Gushue | Brad Gushue | 6 | | | | | | | Brad Gushue | Brad Gushue | 5 |
| David Murdoch | David Murdoch | 7 | | | | | | | Niklas Edin | Niklas Edin | 4 |
| David Sik | David Sik | 4 | David Murdoch | David Murdoch | 3 | | | | | | |
| Tomi Rantamaki | Tomi Rantamaki | 7 | Tomi Rantamaki | Tomi Rantamaki | 5 | | | | | | |
| Sandy Reid | Sandy Reid | 3 | | | | Tomi Rantamaki | Tomi Rantamaki | 1 | | | |
| Peter de Cruz | Peter de Cruz | 8 | | | | Niklas Edin | Niklas Edin | 7 | | | |
| Lee McCleary | Lee McCleary | 7 | Peter de Cruz | Peter de Cruz | 3 | | | | | | |
| Alan Chalmers | Alan Chalmers | 4 | Niklas Edin | Niklas Edin | 6 | | | | | | |
| Niklas Edin | Niklas Edin | 9 | | | | | | | | | |

### B event

| Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | To Qualifier 3 | To Qualifier 3 | To Qualifier 3 |
| Martins Truskans | Martins Truskans | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Logan Gray | Logan Gray | 7 | Logan Gray | Logan Gray | 6 | | | | | | |
| Jay McWilliam | Jay McWilliam | 2 | Blair Fraser | Blair Fraser | 5 | | | | | | |
| Blair Fraser | Blair Fraser | 8 | | | | Logan Gray | Logan Gray | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | Thomas Ulsrud | Thomas Ulsrud | 8 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Thomas Ulsrud | Thomas Ulsrud | 5 |
| Torkil Svensgaard | Torkil Svensgaard | 3 | | | | | | | Kyle Smith | Kyle Smith | 1 |
| James Grattan | James Grattan | 8 | James Grattan | James Grattan | 3 | | | |
| Alexey Tselousov | Alexey Tselousov | 2 | Kyle Smith | Kyle Smith | 4 | | | |
| Kyle Smith | Kyle Smith | 4 | | | | Kyle Smith | Kyle Smith | 7 | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 |
| | | | | | | Tomi Rantamaki | Tomi Rantamaki | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | Thomas Ulsrud | Thomas Ulsrud | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | Niklas Edin | Niklas Edin | 5 |
| Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | To Qualifier 3 | To Qualifier 3 | To Qualifier 3 |
| Ewan MacDonald | Ewan MacDonald | 2 | | | | | | |
| David Smith | David Smith | 4 | David Smith | David Smith | 7 | | | |
| David Murdoch | David Murdoch | 4 | Peter de Cruz | Peter de Cruz | 2 | | | |
| Peter de Cruz | Peter de Cruz | 5 | | | | David Smith | David Smith | 2 |
| | | | | | | Niklas Edin | Niklas Edin | 5 |
| Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | To Qualifier 4 | To Qualifier 4 | To Qualifier 4 |
| Ally Fraser | Ally Fraser | 9 | | | | | | |
| Mark Neeleman | Mark Neeleman | 4 | Ally Fraser | Ally Fraser | 2 | | | |
| Graeme Shaw | Graeme Shaw | 8 | Graeme Shaw | Graeme Shaw | 7 | | | |
| Steve Laycock | Steve Laycock | 4 | | | | Graeme Shaw | Graeme Shaw | 2 |
| | | | | | | Tom Brewster | Tom Brewster | 7 |
| Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | To Qualifier 4 | To Qualifier 4 | To Qualifier 4 |
| | | | | | | Mike McEwen | Mike McEwen | 7 | | | |
| Craig Reid | Craig Reid | 9 | | | | Pascal Hess | Pascal Hess | 2 | | | |
| Steffen Mellemseter | Steffen Mellemseter | 2 | Craig Reid | Craig Reid | 3 | | | | | | |
| Pascal Hess | Pascal Hess | 9 | Pascal Hess | Pascal Hess | 6 | | | | | | |
| John Hamilton | John Hamilton | 0 | | | | | | | Mike McEwen | Mike McEwen | 8 |
| | | | | | | | | | Sandy Reid | Sandy Reid | 2 |
| | | | | | | David Edwards | David Edwards | 3 | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 |
| David Sik | David Sik | 1 | | | | Sandy Reid | Sandy Reid | 6 |
| Sandy Reid | Sandy Reid | 7 | Sandy Reid | Sandy Reid | 5 | | | | Tom Brewster | Tom Brewster | 1 |
| Lee McCleary | Lee McCleary | 6 | Lee McCleary | Lee McCleary | 3 | | | | Mike McEwen | Mike McEwen | 7 |
| Alan Chalmers | Alan Chalmers | 4 | | | | | | | | | |

### C event

| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 5 | Qualifier 5 | Qualifier 5 |
| | | | Ewan MacDonald | Ewan MacDonald | 8 | | | | | | |
| Martins Truskans | Martins Truskans | 1 | Jay McWilliam | Jay McWilliam | 2 | | | | | | |
| Jay McWilliam | Jay McWilliam | 10 | | | | Ewan MacDonald | Ewan MacDonald | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | | David Murdoch | David Murdoch | 6 | | | |
| | | | David Murdoch | David Murdoch | 8 | | | | | | |
| Torkil Svensgaard | Torkil Svensgaard | 5 | Torkil Svensgaard | Torkil Svensgaard | 5 | | | | | | |
| Alexey Tselousov | Alexey Tselousov | 2 | | | | | | | David Murdoch | David Murdoch | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | Niklas Edin | Niklas Edin | 7 |
| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 6 | Qualifier 6 | Qualifier 6 |
| | | | Pascal Hess | Pascal Hess | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | David Edwards | David Edwards | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | David Edwards | David Edwards | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | Kyle Smith | Kyle Smith | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Kyle Smith | Kyle Smith | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | Graeme Shaw | Graeme Shaw | 4 |
| | | | Peter de Cruz | Peter de Cruz | 5 | | | | | | |
| Blair Fraser | Blair Fraser | 3 | James Grattan | James Grattan | 3 | | | | | | |
| James Grattan | James Grattan | 6 | | | | Peter de Cruz | Peter de Cruz | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | | Graeme Shaw | Graeme Shaw | 5 | | | |
| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 7 | Qualifier 7 | Qualifier 7 |
| | | | Ally Fraser | Ally Fraser | 5 | | | | | | |
| Craig Reid | Craig Reid | 6 | Lee McCleary | Lee McCleary | 6 | | | | | | |
| Lee McCleary | Lee McCleary | 8 | | | | Lee McCleary | Lee McCleary | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | David Smith | David Smith | 8 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | David Smith | David Smith | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | Logan Gray | Logan Gray | 3 |
| | | | Logan Gray | Logan Gray | 8 | | | | | | |
| | | | Tomi Rantamaki | Tomi Rantamaki | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Logan Gray | Logan Gray | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | | Sandy Reid | Sandy Reid | 3 | | | |
| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 8 | Qualifier 8 | Qualifier 8 |
| | | | Mark Neeleman | Mark Neeleman | 5 | | | | | | |
| Steffen Mellemseter | Steffen Mellemseter | 2 | John Hamilton | John Hamilton | 6 | | | | | | |
| John Hamilton | John Hamilton | 8 | | | | John Hamilton | John Hamilton | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | Steve Laycock | Steve Laycock | 7 | | | |
| | | | Steve Laycock | Steve Laycock | 8 | | | | | | |
| David Sik | David Sik | 7 | David Sik | David Sik | 5 | | | | | | |
| Alan Chalmers | Alan Chalmers | 6 | | | | | | | Steve Laycock | Steve Laycock | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | Tom Brewster | Tom Brewster | 2 |

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Claudio Pescia | Claudio Pescia | 2 | | | | | | |
| Steve Laycock | Steve Laycock | 6 | | | | | | |
| Steve Laycock | Steve Laycock | 6 | Steve Laycock | Steve Laycock | 1 | | | |
| | | | Thomas Ulsrud | Thomas Ulsrud | 9 | | | |
| Thomas Ulsrud | Thomas Ulsrud | 5 | Thomas Ulsrud | Thomas Ulsrud | 9 | | | |
| Graeme Shaw | Graeme Shaw | 3 | | | | | | |
| Graeme Shaw | Graeme Shaw | 3 | | | | Thomas Ulsrud | Thomas Ulsrud | 2 |
| | | | | | | Mike McEwen | Mike McEwen | 6 |
| Mike McEwen | Mike McEwen | 4 | | | | | | | Mike McEwen | Mike McEwen | 6 |
| Niklas Edin | Niklas Edin | 1 | | | | | | |
| Niklas Edin | Niklas Edin | 1 | Mike McEwen | Mike McEwen | 5 | | | |
| | | | Brad Gushue | Brad Gushue | 4 | | | |
| Brad Gushue | Brad Gushue | 7 | Brad Gushue | Brad Gushue | 4 | | | |
| David Smith | David Smith | 2 | | | | | | |