Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) won
6-5 over
Duncan Fernie (Perth, SCO) in the Final To advance to the championship game, McEwen won
6-4 over
Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR) in the semifinals of the 2011 Ramada Perth Masters in Perth, Scotland; and won
5-2 over
Logan Gray (Stirling, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2011 Ramada Perth Masters in Perth, Scotland;
McEwen finished 5-2 in the 32 team
Ramada Perth Masters qualifying round, held January 6 - 9, 2011 in , . In their opening game, McEwen lost
6-4 to
Neil Joss (Scotland), then responded with a
8-2 win over
Ally Fraser (Perth, SCO). McEwen won
6-5 against
Daniel Neuner (Hamburg, GER), then won
8-1 against
Sandy Reid (Forfar, SCO) and
9-4 against
Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, SCO). McEwen went on to lose
7-1 against
Hammy McMillan (Stranraer, SCO). McEwen responded with a
8-2 win over
John Penny (Aberdeen, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Ramada Perth Masters Championship title, McEwen earned
19.360 world rankings points along with the $7,740CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 3rd place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 10.75 after improving upon their best so far this season. McEwen ranks 1st overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
211.320 points earned so far this season.
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