CHAMPION: Brown Wins 2011 Curl Mesabi Cash Spiel

SKIP
Craig
Brown

Third
Matt
Hamilton

Second
Kroy
Nernberger

Lead
Derrick
Casper

Craig Brown (Madison, WI) won 5-3 over Todd Birr (Mankato, MN) in the Final of the Curl Mesabi Cash Spiel, held December 16 - 18, 2011 at the Curl Mesabi in Eveleth, United States. To advance to the championship game, Brown won 3-0 over Al Hackner (Thunder Bay, ON) in the semifinals of the 2011 Curl Mesabi Cash Spiel in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States; and won 6-3 over Northern Ontario's Jeff Currie in the quarterfinals. of the 2011 Curl Mesabi Cash Spiel in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States;

Brown finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Brown defeated Jason Smith (Ft. Myers, FL) 4-3, then won 6-1 against Tom Scott (Hibbing, MN) and 5-1 against Minnesota's Peter Stolt. Brown went on to lose 7-6 against Paul Pustovar (Hibbing, MN). Brown responded with a 7-3 win over Northern Ontario's Bryan Burgess in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Curl Mesabi Cash Spiel Championship title, Brown earned 4.500 world rankings points along with the $5,204CDN first prize cheque, moving up 7 spots the World Ranking Standings into 77th place overall with 26.218 total points. Brown ranks 49th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 19.325 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

2023: Tanner Horgan
Tanner Horgan, Jake Horgan, Ian McMillan, Scott Chadwick
Sudbury, NONT
2022: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner, Thomas Howell
Duluth, MN
2021: Rich Ruohonen
Rich Ruohonen, Andrew Stopera, Colin Hufman, Kroy Nernberger, Philip Tilker, Pete Annis
Minneapolis, MN
2019: Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell, Mark Fenner, Alex Fenson, Joe Polo
Chaska, USA
2018: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Philip Tilker
Chaska, USA
2017: Rich Ruohonen
Greg Persinger, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman, Philip Tilker
Seattle, WA
2016: Heath McCormick
Heath McCormick, Christopher Plys, Korey Dropkin, Thomas Howell
Blaine, USA
2015: John Shuster
John Shuster, Tyler George, Matt Hamilton, John Landsteiner
Duluth, USA
2014: Mike Farbelow
Mike Farbelow, Rich Ruohonen, Kevin Johnson, Dan Ruehl
, MN
2013: Bryan Burgess
Bryan Burgess, Mike Pozihun, Dale Wiersema, Pat Berezowski
, NONT
2012: Tyler George
Christopher Plys, Tyler George, Rich Ruohonen, Colin Hufman
Duluth, MN
2011: Craig Brown
Craig Brown, Matt Hamilton, Kroy Nernberger, Derrick Casper
Madison, WI
2010: Jeff Currie
Jeff Currie, Brian Adams Jr., Colin Koivula, Dylan Johnston
Thunder Bay, ON
2008: Tyler George
Jeff Currie, Brian Adams Jr., Colin Koivula, Dylan Johnston
Duluth, MN
2007: Pete Fenson
Jeff Currie, Brian Adams Jr., Colin Koivula, Dylan Johnston
Bemidji, MN

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