2010 Cactus Pheasant Classic

2010 Cactus Pheasant Classic
2010 Cactus Pheasant Classic
Host city	Brooks, Alberta
Arena	Brooks Curling Club
Dates	Oct. 28-31
Winner	Kevin Martin
Curling club	Edmonton, Alberta
Skip	Kevin Martin
Third	John Morris
Second	Marc Kennedy
Lead	Ben Hebert
Finalist	Wayne Middaugh

The 2010 Cactus Pheasant Classic was held October 28–31 in Brooks, Alberta, Canada. It was the only event taking place in Week 8 of the Men's World Curling Tour for the 2010-11 curling season. The total purse for the event was $70,000 Canadian dollars (CAD). The event format was a 24-team triple knockout, with eight teams qualifying into a single-elimination playoff round to determine the champion. The winner, was to qualify for the 2010 Canada Cup of Curling, but the winning rink (Kevin Martin) had already qualified.

Participating teams

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Ted Appelman	Tom Appelman	Brandon Klassen	Brendan Melnyk	Edmonton
Brent Bawel	Sean O'Connor	Mike Jantzen	Hardi Sulimma	Calgary
Craig Brown	John Shuster	Greg Johnson	Derrick Casper	Wisconsin
Carl deConinck Smith	Jeff Sharp	Chris Haichert	Jesse St. John	Saskatchewan
Niklas Edin	Sebastian Kraupp	Fredrik Lindberg	Viktor Kjäll	Karlstad
Scott Egger	Albert Gerdung	Terry Morishita	Robin Niebergall	Brooks
Sean Geall	Grant Dezura	Kevin Recksiedler	Kevin MacKenzie	New Westminster
Warren Hassall	Jamie King	Scott Manners	Chris Hassall	Alberta
Glenn Howard	Richard Hart	Brent Laing	Craig Savill	Coldwater
Kevin Koe	Blake MacDonald	Carter Rycroft	Nolan Thiessen	Edmonton
Kevin Martin	John Morris	Marc Kennedy	Ben Hebert	Edmonton
Mike McEwen	B.J. Neufeld	Matt Wozniak	Denni Neufeld	Winnipeg
Terry Meek	Dean Mamer	Greg Northcott	Eugene Doherty	Calgary
Wayne Middaugh	Joe Frans	Scott Howard	Scott Foster	Toronto
Yusuke Morozumi	Tsuyoshi Yamagushi	Tetsuro Shimizu	Kosuke Morozumi	Karuizawa
Kevin Park	Chris Galbraith	Taren Gesell	Pat McCallum	Winnipeg
Steve Petryk	Dan Petryk	Kevin Yablonski	Brad Chyz	Calgary
Paul Czeke	Brent Pierce (skip)	Jay Wakefield	John Cullen	British Columbia
Dean Ross	Don DeLair	Chris Blackwell	Sean Morris	Calgary
Robert Schlender	Chris Lemishka	Jessi Wilkinson	Darcy Hafso	Edmonton
Pat Simmons	Steve Laycock	Brennen Jones	Dallan Muyres	Regina
Brock Virtue	JD Lind	Dominic Daemen	Matthew Ng	Calgary
Don Walchuk	Chris Schille	DJ Kidby	Don Bartlett	Edmonton
Xu Xiaoming	Zang Jialiang	Zhang Zhipeng	Ba Dexin	China

Draw

A Event

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 1

Kevin Park	4

Brent Bawel	5
		Bawel	8

		Ross	4
Niklas Edin	4

Dean Ross	5
				Bawel	4

				Koe	5
Don Walchuk	3

Yusuke Morozumi	6
		Morozumi	4

		Koe	7
Kevin Koe	6

Craig Brown	3

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 2

Wayne Middaugh	6

Xu Xiaoming	3
		Middaugh	7

		McEwen	3
Mike McEwen	5

Steve Petryk	4
				Middaugh	7

				Howard	3
C. deConinck Smith	5

Brock Virtue	6
		Virtue	3

		Howard	6
Glenn Howard	7

Terry Meek	4

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 3

Pat Simmons	4

Warren Hassall	5
		Hassall	4

		Appelman	5
Ted Appelman	8

Brent Pierce	2
				Appelman	4

				Martin	5
Sean Geall	5

Robert Schlender	6
		Schlender	1

		Martin	7
Kevin Martin	7

Scott Egger	2

B Event

Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 4

		Warren Hassall	7
Kevin Park	1	Edin	6
Niklas Edin	5			Hassall	3
				Schlender	4
		Walchuk	6
Don Walchuk	6	Robert Schlender	7
Craig Brown	3					Schlender	4
						Glenn Howard	6

Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 5

		Dean Ross	6
Xu Xiaoming	2	Petryk	8
Steve Petryk	5			Petryk	5
				Smith	3
		Yusuke Morozumi	1
C. deConinck Smith	6	Smith	7
Terry Meek	4					Petryk	6
						Ted Appelman	3

Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 6

		Mike McEwen	6
Pat Simmons	3	Pierce	5
Brent Pierce	6			McEwen	4
				Geall	7
		Brock Virtue	2
Sean Geall	7	Geall	8
Scott Egger	5					Geall	5
						Brent Bawel	7

C Event

Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 7

		Niklas Edin	4
		Don Walchuk	3
				Edin	5
Dean Ross	4			McEwen	2
Yusuke Moroyumi	5	Moroyumi	2
		Mike McEwen	5
						Edin	3
						Hassall	6
		Warren Hassall	7
Brent Pierce	3	Virtue	3
Brock Virtue	5			Hassall	7
				Ted Appelman	3

Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 8

				Sean Geall	5
Kevin Park	6			Park	4
Craig Brown	4	Park	5
		C. deConinck Smith	3
						Geall	6
						Schlender	4


				Robert Schlender	7
Xu Xiaoming	3			Meek	5
Terry Meek	5	Meek	6
Pat Simmons	8	Simmons	5
Scott Egger	5

Playoffs

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals

Kevin Martin	4

Sean Geall	1
		Martin	6

		Howard	3
Glenn Howard	8

Steve Petryk	2
				Martin	5

				Middaugh	4
Wayne Middaugh	5

Warren Hassall	3
		Middaugh	7

		Koe	3
Kevin Koe	7

Brent Bawel	2

Payout

Place	Winnings
Champion	$22,000
Runner-up	$14,000
Semifinalist	$7,000
Quarterfinalist	$5,000