 Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, Alberta) wins the Canad Inns Men's Classic, defeating Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) 7-5 at the Portage Curling Club in Portage La Prairie, Canada. Bottcher with Darren Moulding at third, Bradley Thiessen and Karrick Martin on the front end take home the $18,000CDN first place cheque along with 70.079 world ranking points, while Koe receives $10,000CDN and 51.391 world ranking points for their second place finish. Starting with hammer, Bottcher blanked the first end, then got on the board scoring 2 in the second end. Bottcher forced Koe to a single in the third end, then scored 2 in the fourth end to extend their lead to 4-1. Koe bounced in the fifth end scoring 2 with Bottcher adding 2 more in the sixth end. Koe cut the deficit back to one with 2 points in the seventh end scoring 2 but was unable to make anything happen in the eighth end as Bottcher had the open hit to score a single for the 7-5 win. In the semifinals, Bottcher defeated Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, Ontario) 7-5 and Koe defeated Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, Alberta) 4-3. Jacobs and Sturmay earned $6,000CDN and 39.711 ranking points for their semifinal finishes. In the quarterfinals, Bottcher defeated Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, Manitoba) 4-2, Koe defeated Glenn Howard (Penetanguishe, Ontario) 6-4, while Sturmay defeated Jason Gunnlaugson (Morris, Manitoba) 7-5 and Jacobs defeated Matt Dunstone (Regina, Saskatchewan) 8-7. Gunnlaugson, Howard, Dunstone and Calvert earned $4,000CDN along with 28.031 ranking points for their quarterfinal finishes. Bottcher went 3-0 in the 24 team triple knockout qualifying round. In their opening game, Bottcher defeated Jia Liang Zang (Harbin, China) 5-3, then won against Howard 11-4, and Gunnlaugson 9-4 in the A-Qualifier game to advance to the playoff round. |
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After emerging on the global stage at senior level last month, Katie McMillan is feeling all the more ready for the challenge as she and partner Angus Bryce prepare to represent Scotland at the ACE & Company World Mixed Doubles Championships in Geneva over the next week (April 25 - May 2).
