# 2011 Victoria Curling Classic Invitational

The 2011 Victoria Curling Classic Invitational was held at the Archie Browning Sports Centre in Victoria, British Columbia from March 31 to April 3. There was a men's and women's draw. The men played a triple-knockout tournament to determine 8 quarterfinal spots, while the women played a round-robin tournament in two pools of four, and the top two teams of each pool advanced to the semifinals.

## Men
### Teams

| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Jim Cotter | Ken Maskiewich | Kevin Folk | Rick Sawatsky | Kelowna/Vernon |
| Neil Dangerfield | Dennis Sutton | Darren Boden | Rob Iuvale | Victoria |
| John Epping | Scott Bailey | Darryl Prebble | Trevor Wall | Toronto |
| Sean Geall | Ken McArdle | Tyler Klitch | Darren LaFace | New Westminster |
| Brad Gushue | Mark Nichols | Ryan Fry | Jamie Danbrook | St. John's |
| 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 |
| Rick McKague | Jim Moats | Steve McKague | Paul Strandlund | Edmonton |
| Jason Montgomery | Mike Wood | Miles Craig | William Duggan | Duncan |
| Braeden Moskowy | Kirk Muyres | Colton Flasch | Matt Lang | Regina |
| Brent Pierce | Grant Dezura | Kevin Recksiedler | Jeff Richard | New Westminster |
| Pat Simmons | Steve Laycock | Brennen Jones | Dallan Muyres | Regina |
| Naomasa Takeda | Fukuhiro Ohno | Hiromitsu Kuriyama | Shinaya Yoshimoto | Aomori |
| Brock Virtue | JD Lind | Dominic Daemen | Dean Joanisse | Lethbridge |

### Results
#### A Event

| First Knockout | First Knockout | First Knockout | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 |
| Martin | Martin | 7 | | | | | | |
| Takeda | Takeda | 1 | Martin | Martin | 7 | | | |
| Epping | Epping | 5 | Epping | Epping | 5 | | | |
| Geall | Geall | 3 | | | | Martin | Martin | 5 |
| Gushue | Gushue | 5 | | | | Gushue | Gushue | 1 |
| Virtue | Virtue | 4 | Gushue | Gushue | 6 | | | |
| Koe | Koe | 5 | Koe | Koe | 3 | | | |
| Moskowy | Moskowy | 3 | | | | | | |
| First Knockout | First Knockout | First Knockout | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 |
| Howard | Howard | 8 | | | | | | |
| Dangerfield | Dangerfield | 2 | Howard | Howard | 8 | | | |
| Simmons | Simmons | 8 | Simmons | Simmons | 4 | | | |
| Montgomery | Montgomery | 2 | | | | Howard | Howard | 6 |
| Cotter | Cotter | 9 | | | | McEwen | McEwen | 3 |
| Pierce | Pierce | 3 | Cotter | Cotter | 3 | | | |
| McEwen | McEwen | 9 | McEwen | McEwen | 9 | | | |
| McKague | McKague | 7 | | | | | | |

#### B Event

| Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 3 |
| Takeda | Takeda | 3 | | | | | | |
| Geall | Geall | 10 | Geall | Geall | 2 | | | |
| Virtue | Virtue | 8 | Virtue | Virtue | 7 | | | |
| Moskowy | Moskowy | 3 | | | | Virtue | Virtue | 7 |
| | | | | | | McEwen | McEwen | 3 |
| Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 | Qualifier 4 |
| Dangerfield | Dangerfield | 2 | | | | | | |
| Montgomery | Montgomery | 8 | Montgomery | Montgomery | 6 | | | |
| Pierce | Pierce | 6 | Pierce | Pierce | 5 | | | |
| McKague | McKague | 5 | | | | Montgomery | Montgomery | 2 |
| | | | | | | Gushue | Gushue | 8 |
| Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Second Knockout | Qualifier 5 | Qualifier 5 | Qualifier 5 |
| Epping | Epping | 3 | | | |
| Koe | Koe | 7 | Koe | Koe | 3 |
| Simmons | Simmons | 8 | Simmons | Simmons | 8 |
| Cotter | Cotter | 3 | | | |

#### C Event

| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 6 | Qualifier 6 | Qualifier 6 |
| Takeda | Takeda | 1 | | | | | | |
| Moskowy | Moskowy | 12 | Moskowy | Moskowy | 1 | | | |
| | | | Cotter | Cotter | 5 | | | |
| | | | | | | Cotter | Cotter | 7 |
| | | | | | | Montgomery | Montgomery | 4 |
| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Qualifier 7 | Qualifier 7 | Qualifier 7 |
| Dangerfield | Dangerfield | 8 | | | | | | |
| McKague | McKague | 1 | Dangerfield | Dangerfield | 6 | | | |
| | | | Epping | Epping | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | Dangerfield | Dangerfield | 7 |
| | | | | | | McEwen | McEwen | 5 |
| Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Third Knockout | Qualifier 8 | Qualifier 8 | Qualifier 8 |
| Geall | Geall | 2 | | | |
| Pierce | Pierce | 8 | Pierce | Pierce | 4 |
| | | | Koe | Koe | 5 |

### Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Martin | Martin | 6 | | | | | | |
| Dangerfield | Dangerfield | 3 | Martin | Martin | 6 | | | |
| Virtue | Virtue | 6 | Virtue | Virtue | 7 | | | |
| Koe | Koe | 4 | | | | Virtue | Virtue | 2 |
| Howard | Howard | 4 | | | | Howard | Howard | 6 |
| Cotter | Cotter | 2 | Howard | Howard | 8 | | | |
| Gushue | Gushue | 4 | Gushue | Gushue | 2 | | | |
| Simmons | Simmons | 1 | | | | | | |

## Women
### Teams

| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Cheryl Bernard | Susan O'Connor | Carolyn Darbyshire | Cori Morris | Calgary |
| Jennifer Jones | Kaitlyn Lawes | Jill Officer | Dawn Askin | Winnipeg |
| Shannon Kleibrink | Amy Nixon | Bronwen Webster | Chelsey Bell | Calgary |
| Kelley Law | Jody Maskiewich | Shannon Aleksik | Kristen Recksiedler | New Westminster |
| Allison MacInnes | Grace MacInnes | Diane Gushulak | Trysta Vandale | New Westminster |
| Marla Mallett | Darah Provencal | Stephanie Jackson | Kelly Shimizu | New Westminster |
| Cathy Overton-Clapham | Eve Muirhead | Lori Olson-Johns | Breanne Meakin | Winnipeg |
| Sarah Wark | Michelle Allen | Roselyn Craig (skip) | Megan Reid | Victoria |

### Round Robin
#### Standings

| Pool A | W | L |
| Jennifer Jones | 3 | 0 |
| Roselyn Craig | 2 | 1 |
| Cathy Overton-Clapham | 1 | 2 |
| Allison MacInnes | 0 | 3 |
| Pool B | W | L |
| Shannon Kleibrink | 3 | 0 |
| Cheryl Bernard | 2 | 1 |
| Kelley Law | 1 | 2 |
| Marla Mallett | 0 | 3 |

#### Results

| Berth | Craig | Jones | MacIn. | Ov-Cl |
| Craig | | 5-6 | 11-5 | 10-4 |
| Jones | 6-5 | | 7-2 | 5-3 |
| MacInnes | 5-11 | 2-7 | | 1-8 |
| Overton-Clapham | 4-10 | 3-5 | 8-1 | |
| Berth | Bern. | Klei. | Law | Mall. |
| Bernard | | 2-9 | 7-3 | 7-2 |
| Kleibrink | 9-2 | | 6-4 | 5-3 |
| Law | 3-7 | 4-6 | | 9-4 |
| Mallett | 2-7 | 3-5 | 4-9 | |

### Playoffs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Jones | 10 | | | |
| 4 | Bernard | 4 | | | |
| 4 | Bernard | 4 | Jones | Jones | 8 |
| | | | Kleibrink | Kleibrink | 2 |
| 3 | Craig | 4 | Kleibrink | Kleibrink | 2 |
| 2 | Kleibrink | 9 | | | |