Rob Fowler (Brandon, MB) lost
5-4 to
Rui Liu (Harbin, CHN) in the Final of the Manitoba Lotteries Men's Curling Classic, held October 7 - 10, 2011 at the Brandon Curling Club in Brandon, . To advance to the championship game, Fowler won
6-2 over
Vic Peters (Winnipeg , MB) in the semifinals of the 2011 Manitoba Lotteries Men's Curling Classic in Brandon; and won
7-5 over
Darrell McKee (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals.
Fowler finished 2-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fowler defeated
Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) 6-2, then won
7-5 against
Peters in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Manitoba Lotteries Men's Curling Classic, Fowler take home
6.405 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN prize, dropping 1 spots on the
World Ranking Standings into 9th place overall with
128.865 total points. Fowler ranks 20th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
21.405 points earned so far this season.
