CHAMPION: Pierce Wins 2011 Wainwright Roaming Buffalo Classic

New Westminster, British Columbia

Fourth
Jeff
Richard

SKIP
Brent
Pierce

Second
Kevin
Recksiedler

Lead
Grant
Dezura

Games:	10
Record:	8W - 2L
PF/G:	7.08
PA/G:	5.38
Hammer Efficiency:	0.39
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Brent Pierce (New Westminster, BC) won 5-4 over Wade White (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Wainwright Roaming Buffalo Classic, held November 18 - 21, 2011 in Wainwright, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Pierce won 4-1 over Jessi Wilkinson (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2011 Wainwright Roaming Buffalo Classic in Wainwright, Alberta; and won 6-4 over Randy Ferbey (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2011 Wainwright Roaming Buffalo Classic in Wainwright, Alberta;

Pierce finished 5-2 in the 26-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Pierce defeated Wilkinson 8-1, then went on to lose 6-0 against Brad Heidt (Kindersley, SK). Pierce responded with a 5-3 win over Steve Mackey (Calgary, AB). Pierce won 5-3 against Brandan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB). Pierce went on to lose 7-2 against Ferbey. Pierce responded with a 4-1 win over Dalton (Wainwright, AB). Pierce won 7-5 against Colin Davidson (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Wainwright Roaming Buffalo Classic Championship title, Pierce earned 13.150 world rankings points along with the $12,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 12 spots the World Ranking Standings into 39th place overall with 50.018 total points. Pierce ranks 28th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 32.360 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

2012: Mark Johnson
Seattle, WA
2011: Brent Pierce
New Westminster, BC
2010: Robert Schlender
Edmonton, AB
2008: Shane Park
St. Albert, AB
2007: Adrian Bakker
Calgary, AB
2006: Kevin Koe
Edmonton, AB
2005: Mark Johnson
Edmonton, AB
2004: Mark Johnson
, AB
2003: Warren Hassall
Lloydminster, AB
2002: Kevin Park
Edmonton, AB
2000: Gary Scheirich
, SK
1999: Kevin Martin
Edmonton, AB
1998: Jeff Stoughton
, MB

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