CHAMPION: Martin Wins 2010 Westcoast Curling Classic

Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB) won 6-4 over Kevin Koe (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Westcoast Curling Classic, held October 8 - 11, 2010 at the Royal City Curling Club in New Westminster, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Martin won 6-3 over Jim Cotter (Vernon, BC) in the semifinals of the 2010 Westcoast Curling Classic in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada; and won 6-4 over Brock Virtue (Calgary, AB) in the quarterfinals.

Martin finished 4-0 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Martin defeated Korea's Dong-Keun Lee 8-2, then won 7-3 against Jason Montgomery (Duncan, BC) and 5-2 against Pat Simmons (Davidson, SK). Martin won 7-6 against Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Westcoast Curling Classic Championship title, Martin earned 40.000 world rankings points along with the $20,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 1st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 330.740 total points. Martin ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 46.690 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: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2011: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2010: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2009: Bob Ursel
Jim Cotter, Bob Ursel, Kevin Folk, Rick Sawatsky
Kelowna, BC
2008: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2007: Kevin Koe
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2006: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert
Edmonton, AB
2005: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2004: David Hamblin
David Hamblin, Ross Derksen, Kevin Hamblin, Ross McConnell
Winnipeg, MB
2003: Jeff Stoughton
Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Garry VanDenBerghe, Steve Gould
Winnipeg, MB
2002: Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett
Edmonton, AB
2001: Greg McAulay
Greg McAulay, Brent Pierce, Bryan Miki, Jody Sveistrup
Richmond, BC

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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