Brock Virtue (Calgary, AB) lost
6-2 to
Glenn Howard (Coldwater, ON) in the Final of the Victoria Curling Classic Invitational, held March 31 - April 3, 2011 in Victoria, British Columbia. To advance to the championship game, Virtue won
7-6 over
Kevin Martin (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2011 Victoria Curling Classic Invitational in Victoria, British Columbia; and won
6-4 over
Kevin Koe (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2011 Victoria Curling Classic Invitational in Victoria, British Columbia;
Virtue finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Virtue lost
5-4 to
Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL), then responded with a
8-3 win over
Braeden Moskowy (Regina, SK). Virtue won
7-2 against
Sean Geall (New Westminster, BC), then won
7-3 against
Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Victoria Curling Classic Invitational, Virtue take home
16.100 world rankings points along with the $13,000CDN prize, moving up 17 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 37th place overall with
61.534 total points. Virtue ranks 22nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
56.280 points earned so far this season.
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