Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB) lost
6-5 to
Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Point Optical Curling Classic, held September 23 - 26, 2011 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Martin won
7-4 over
Steve Petryk (Calgary, AB) in the semifinals of the 2011 Point Optical Curling Classic in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won
4-3 over
Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2011 Point Optical Curling Classic in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;
Martin finished 5-1 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Martin defeated
Matt Lang (Saskatoon, SK) 6-2, then won
5-1 against
Alexey Tselousov (Moscow, RUS) and
5-4 against
Brock Virtue (Calgary, AB). Martin went on to lose
4-3 against
Rob Fowler (Brandon, MB). Martin responded with a
7-6 win over
Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK). Martin won
6-1 against
Brent Bawel (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Point Optical Curling Classic, Martin take home
25.000 world rankings points along with the $10,000CDN prize, remaining in 1st place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with
281.040 total points. Martin ranks 7th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
25.000 points earned so far this season.
