Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) won
5-4 over
Glenn Howard (Coldwater, ON) in the Final of the BDO Canadian Open, held January 26 - 30, 2011 in Oshawa, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, McEwen won
6-4 over
Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2011 BDO Canadian Open in Oshawa, Ontario; and won
7-3 over
Dale Matchett (Bradford, ON) in the quarterfinals. of the 2011 BDO Canadian Open in Oshawa, Ontario;
McEwen finished 5-0 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McEwen defeated
Mark Kean (Ajax, ON) 6-3, then won
9-4 against
Matchett and
7-0 against
Wayne Middaugh (Toronto, ON). McEwen won
7-3 against
Kevin Koe (Edmonton, AB), then won
7-6 against
Jake Higgs (Harrison, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the BDO Canadian Open Championship title, McEwen earned
40.000 world rankings points along with the $25,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 3rd place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 25 after improving upon their best so far this season. McEwen ranks 1st overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
236.320 points earned so far this season.
