Jean-Michel Menard (Gatineau/Levis, PQ) won
7-6 over
Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) in the Final of the Challenge Casino Lac Leamy, held October 20 - 23, 2011 at the Buckingham Curling Club in Buckingham, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Menard won
5-3 over
Mark Kean (Toronto, ON) in the semifinals of the 2011 Challenge Casino Lac Leamy in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada; and won
7-3 over
Pierre Charette (Saguenay, PQ) in the quarterfinals. of the 2011 Challenge Casino Lac Leamy in Buckingham, Quebec, Canada;
Menard finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Menard defeated
Jamie Murphy (Halifax, NS) 7-1, then won
8-4 against
Rob Rumfeldt (Guelph, ON) and
7-3 against
Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Challenge Casino Lac Leamy Championship title, Menard earned
22.400 world rankings points along with the $9,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 3 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 13th place overall with
110.436 total points. Menard ranks 20th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
32.400 points earned so far this season.
