CHAMPION: McEwen Wins 2011 Cactus Pheasant Classic

Winnipeg, Manitoba

SKIP
Mike
McEwen

Third
B.J.
Neufeld

Second
Matt
Wozniak

Lead
Denni
Neufeld

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	8.81
PA/G:	4.29
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.73
Steal Efficiency:	0.45

Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) won 6-2 over Randy Ferbey (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Cactus Pheasant Classic, held October 27 - 30, 2011 in Brooks, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, McEwen won 6-5 over Kevin Koe (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2011 Cactus Pheasant Classic in Brooks, Alberta; and won 5-4 over Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) in the quarterfinals. of the 2011 Cactus Pheasant Classic in Brooks, Alberta;

McEwen finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McEwen defeated Albert Gerdung (Brooks, AB) 6-2, then won 7-5 against Braeden Moskowy (Regina, SK) and 7-0 against Robert Schlender (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Cactus Pheasant Classic Championship title, McEwen earned 35.000 world rankings points along with the $22,000CDN first prize cheque. For week 11 of the event schedule, McEwen did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 283rd to 286th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 1.168 total points. McEwen ranks 611th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2013: Mike McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2012: Kevin Koe
Calgary, AB
2011: Mike McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2010: Kevin Martin
Edmonton, AB
2009: Glenn Howard
Coldwater, ON
2008: Glenn Howard
Coldwater, ON
2007: Kevin Martin
Edmonton, AB

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