Glenn Howard (Coldwater, ON) won
6-2 over
Brock Virtue (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the Victoria Curling Classic Invitational, held March 31 - April 3, 2011 in Victoria, British Columbia. To advance to the championship game, Howard won
8-2 over
Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the semifinals of the 2011 Victoria Curling Classic Invitational in Victoria, British Columbia; and won
4-2 over
Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2011 Victoria Curling Classic Invitational in Victoria, British Columbia;
Howard finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Howard defeated
Neil Dangerfield (Victoria, BC) 8-2, then won
8-4 against
Pat Simmons (Davidson, SK) and
6-3 against
Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Victoria Curling Classic Invitational Championship title, Howard earned
25.760 world rankings points along with the $22,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 2nd place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 7.2 after improving upon their best so far this season. Howard ranks 3rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
217.520 points earned so far this season.
