CHAMPION: Martin Wins 2010 Cactus Pheasant Classic

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Kevin
Martin

Third
John
Morris

Second
Marc
Kennedy

Lead
Ben
Hebert

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	8.10
PA/G:	3.57
Hammer Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Defense:	0.11
Force Efficiency:	0.92
Steal Efficiency:	0.35

Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB) won 5-4 over Wayne Middaugh (Toronto, ON) in the Final of the 2010 Cactus Pheasant Classic in Brooks, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Martin won 6-3 over Glenn Howard (Coldwater, ON) in the semifinals and won 4-1 over Sean Geall (New Westminster, BC) in the quarterfinals.

Martin finished 3-0 in the 24 team Cactus Pheasant Classic qualifying round, held October 28 - 31, 2010 in , . In their opening game, Martin defeated Scott Egger (Brooks, AB) 7-2, then won 7-1 against Robert Schlender (Edmonton, AB) and 5-4 against Ted Appelman (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Cactus Pheasant Classic Championship title, Martin earned 40.000 world rankings points along with the $22,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 1st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 370.740 total points. Martin ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 86.690 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2011	6	0	0	1.000	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2011	42	34	15	8.10	3.57	4.52	5.95	3.33	1.36	1.07	0.71

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2011	19	26	2	0	0-0	2-0	5-0	1.37	0.11	0.37	0.11

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2011	23	8	13	3	0-0	0-0	0-1	0.35	0.57	0.92	0.35

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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