2012 Red Deer Curling Classic

2012 Red Deer Curling Classic
2012 Red Deer Curling Classic
Host city	Red Deer, Alberta
Arena	Red Deer Curling Club
Dates	November 2–5
Men's winner	Team Bottcher
Curling club	Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
Skip	Brendan Bottcher
Third	Micky Lizmore
Second	Bradley Thiessen
Lead	Karrick Martin
Finalist	Kevin Koe
Women's winner	Team Carey
Curling club	Morden Curling Club, Morden
Skip	Chelsea Carey
Third	Kristy McDonald
Second	Kristen Foster
Lead	Lindsay Titheridge
Finalist	Kaitlyn Lawes

Host cityRed Deer, Alberta

ArenaRed Deer Curling Club

DatesNovember 2–5

Men's winner

Team Bottcher

The 2012 Red Deer Curling Classic was held from November 2 to 5 at the Red Deer Curling Club in Red Deer, Alberta as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. The event was held in a triple knockout format. The purse for the men's event was CAD$33,000, of which the winner, Brendan Bottcher, received CAD$9,000.^[1] The purse for the women's event was CAD$36,000, of which the winner, Chelsea Carey, received CAD$9,500.^[2] Bottcher defeated Kevin Koe in the men's final with a score of 6–3, while Carey defeated Kaitlyn Lawes, who was skipping in place of Jennifer Jones, in the women's final with a score of 7–3.

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Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Tom Appelman	Brent Bawel	Ted Appelman	Brendan Melnyk	Edmonton, Alberta
Rob Armitage	Keith Glover	Randy Ponich	Wilf Edgar	Red Deer, Alberta
Matthew Blandford	Evan Asmussen	Brent Hamilton	Brad Chyz	Calgary, Alberta
Brendan Bottcher	Micky Lizmore	Bradley Thiessen	Karrick Martin	Edmonton, Alberta
Nathan Connolly	Brandon Klassen	Adam Enright	Parker Konschuh	Edmonton, Alberta
Warren Cross	Dean Darwent	Jim Wallbank	Chad Jones	Edmonton, Alberta
Josh Heidt	Brock Montgomery	Matt Lang	Dustin Kidby	Kerrobert, Saskatchewan
Joel Jordison	Jason Ackerman	Brent Goeres	Curtis Horwath	Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Jamie Koe	Tom Naugler	Brad Chorostkowski	Rob Borden	Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Kevin Koe	Pat Simmons	Carter Rycroft	Nolan Thiessen	Edmonton, Alberta
Liu Rui	Xu Xiaoming	Zang Jialiang	Ba Dexin	Harbin, China
Scott Manners	Tyler Lang	Ryan Deis	Mike Armstrong	North Battleford, Saskatchewan
Rick McKague	Jim Moats	Doug McNish	Paul Strandlund	Edmonton, Alberta
Sven Michel	Claudio Pätz	Sandro Trolliet	Simon Gempeler	Adelboden, Switzerland
Leon Moch	Delvin Moch	Kyle Wagner	Greg Sjolie	Medicine Hat, Alberta
Darren Moulding	Scott Cruickshank	Shaun Planaden	Kyle Iverson	Calgary, Alberta
Sean O'Connor	Rob Johnson	Ryan O'Connor	Dan Bubola	Calgary, Alberta
Kevin Park	Shane Park	Josh Burns	Eric Richard	Edmonton, Alberta
Dan Petryk (fourth)	Steve Petryk (skip)	Roland Robinson	Thomas Usselman	Calgary, Alberta
Randie Shen	Brendon Liu	Nicolas Hsu	Justin Hsu	Taipei, Chinese Taipei
Justin Sluchinski	Aaron Sluchinski	Dylan Webster	Craig Bourgonje	Airdrie, Alberta
Charley Thomas	J. D. Lind	Dominic Daemen	Matthew Ng	Calgary, Alberta
Brock Virtue	Braeden Moskowy	Chris Schille	D. J Kidby	Regina, Saskatchewan
Wade White	Kevin Tym	Dan Holowaychuk	George White	Edmonton, Alberta
Jeremy Hodges (fourth)	Matt Willerton (skip)	Craig MacAlpine	Chris Evernden	Edmonton, Alberta
Kevin Yablonski	Vance Elder	Harrison Boss	Matthew McDonald	Calgary, Alberta
Zou Dejia	Chen Lu'an	Ji Yangsong	Li Guangxu	Harbin, China

First Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 1

Tom Appelman	6
Josh Heidt	4	Tom Appelman	7
Tyler Perepolkin	1	Liu Rui	6
Liu Rui	7			Tom Appelman	6
Matthew Blandford	5			Matthew Blandford	8
Sven Michel	4	Matthew Blandford	7
Rick McKague	0	Charley Thomas	5
Charley Thomas	6					Matthew Blandford	1
Brendan Bottcher	7					Kevin Koe	5
Rob Armitage	3	Brendan Bottcher	4
Joel Jordison	5	Joel Jordison	5
Justin Sluchinski	4			Joel Jordison	3
				Kevin Koe	5
		Nathan Connolly	3
		Kevin Koe	6

First Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Qualifier 2

Warren Cross	8
Zou Dejia	5	Warren Cross	3
Scott Manners	5	Sean O'Connor	5
Sean O'Connor	7			Sean O'Connor	5
Kevin Park	7			Wade White	7
Brock Virtue	4	Kevin Park	4
Wade White	5	Wade White	7
Randie Shen	4					Wade White	5
Leon Moch	6					Matt Willerton	2
Jamie Koe	5	Leon Moch	4
Darren Moulding	4	Darren Moulding	7
Steve Petryk	2			Darren Moulding	4
				Matt Willerton	7
		Matt Willerton	8
		Kevin Yablonski	3

Second Knockout		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		To Qualifier 3

		Nathan Connolly	1
Josh Heidt	4	Tyler Perepolkin	4
Tyler Perepolkin	7			Tyler Perepolkin	4
				Sean O'Connor	7


						Sean O'Connor	4
						Brendan Bottcher	7
		Brendan Bottcher	5
Rick McKague	6	Rick McKague	1
Sven Michel	3			Brendan Bottcher	7	Qualifier 3
				Darren Moulding	5
						Brendan Bottcher	7
						Matthew Blandford	1

Second Knockout		Semifinals		To Qualifier 3

Rob Armitage	6
Justin Sluchinski	3	Rob Armitage	2
Charley Thomas	6	Liu Rui	9
Liu Rui	8			Liu Rui	4
				Matthew Blandford	8

2012 Red Deer Curling Classic

Teams

Knockout results

A event

B event

C event

Playoffs

Women