2012 Mercure Perth Masters

2012 Mercure Perth Masters
Host city	Perth, Scotland
Arena
Dates	January 5–8
Winner	Mike McEwen
Curling club	Assiniboine Memorial CC Winnipeg, Manitoba
Skip	Mike McEwen
Third	B. J. Neufeld
Second	Matt Wozniak
Lead	Denni Neufeld
Finalist	Thomas Ulsrud

The 2012 Mercure Perth Masters were held from January 5 to 8 at the in Perth, Scotland as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. The purse for the event was GBP£17,000, and the winner, Mike McEwen, received GBP£6,000.^[1] The event was held in a triple knockout format.

For the first time, a spot in the Masters was awarded to the winner of the 2011 Curl Atlantic Championship, James Grattan of New Brunswick, Canada.^[1][2]

Teams[]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Locale
Tom Brewster	Greg Drummond	Scott Andrews	Michael Goodfellow	Aberdeen, Scotland
		Graham Cormack		Perth, Scotland
Benoit Schwarz (fourth)	Peter de Cruz (skip)		Valentin Tanner	Switzerland
Niklas Edin	Sebastian Kraupp	Fredrik Lindberg	Viktor Kjäll	Karlstad, Sweden
David Edwards				Aberdeen, Scotland
	David Reid	Ruairidh Greenwood	Tom Pendreigh	Scotland
		Hammy McMillan		Perth, Scotland
James Grattan	Charlie Sullivan, Jr.			Oromocto, New Brunswick
Logan Gray				Stirling, Scotland
Brad Gushue	Ryan Fry	Geoff Walker	Adam Casey	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
				Edinburgh, Scotland
				Switzerland
Steve Laycock	Joel Jordison	Brennen Jones	Dallan Muyres	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Ewan MacDonald	Graeme Connal	Peter Loudon	Euan Byers	Scotland
				Scotland
Mike McEwen	B. J. Neufeld	Matt Wozniak	Denni Neufeld	Winnipeg, Manitoba
		Grant Hardie		Edinburgh, Scotland
Steffen Mellemseter	Markus Snøve Høiberg		Magnus Nedregotten	Norway
David Murdoch	Glen Muirhead	Ross Paterson		Lockerbie, Scotland
	Mark Rurup		Marcel Rijkes	Zoetermeer, Netherlands
Claudio Pescia				St. Gallen, Switzerland
Tomi Rantamäki	Jussi Uusipaavalniemi			Finland
				Scotland
	Brian Binnie	David Hay		Scotland
		Karel Uher		Prague, Czech Republic
David Smith	Warwick Smith	Craig Wilson	Ross Hepburn	Perth, Scotland
Kyle Smith	Thomas Muirhead	Kyle Waddell		Scotland
	Kenneth Jørgensen			Hvidovre, Denmark
	Janis Rudzitis			Latvia
Alexey Tselousov	Andrey Drozdov	Alexey Stukalsky	Aleksey Kamnev	Moscow, Russia
Thomas Ulsrud	Torger Nergård	Christoffer Svae	Håvard Vad Petersson	Oslo, Norway

Knockout Results[]

A Event[]

	First Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 1
	Mike McEwen		7
			3			Mike McEwen		7
			6					6
	Logan Gray		5								Mike McEwen		3
	Mark Neeleman		7								Claudio Pescia		6
			2			Mark Neeleman		5
			2			Claudio Pescia		6
	Claudio Pescia		4													Claudio Pescia		5
	Tom Brewster		6													Tom Brewster		4
			5			Tom Brewster		6
			4					3
	James Grattan		3								Tom Brewster		5
	David Edwards		4								David Edwards		0
	Alexey Tselousov		2			David Edwards		4
	Kyle Smith		5			Steve Laycock		3
	Steve Laycock		6

	First Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 2
	Thomas Ulsrud		7
			2			Thomas Ulsrud		4
	Steffen Mellemseter		4			Ewan MacDonald		2
	Ewan MacDonald		6								Thomas Ulsrud		6
			2								Brad Gushue		8
	David Smith		9			David Smith		4
			2			Brad Gushue		6
	Brad Gushue		6													Brad Gushue		5
	David Murdoch		7													Niklas Edin		4
			4			David Murdoch		3
	Tomi Rantamaki		7			Tomi Rantamaki		5
			3								Tomi Rantamaki		1
	Peter de Cruz		8								Niklas Edin		7
			7			Peter de Cruz		3
			4			Niklas Edin		6
	Niklas Edin		9

B Event[]

	Second Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					To Qualifier 3
			2
	Logan Gray		7			Logan Gray		6
			2					5
			8								Logan Gray		4
											Thomas Ulsrud		8
																Thomas Ulsrud		5
			3													Kyle Smith		1
	James Grattan		8			James Grattan		3
	Alexey Tselousov		2			Kyle Smith		4
	Kyle Smith		4								Kyle Smith		7			Qualifier 3
											Tomi Rantamaki		2
																Thomas Ulsrud		6
																Niklas Edin		5

	Second Knockout					Semifinals					To Qualifier 3
	Ewan MacDonald		2
	David Smith		4			David Smith		7
	David Murdoch		4			Peter de Cruz		2
	Peter de Cruz		5								David Smith		2
											Niklas Edin		5

	Second Knockout					Semifinals					To Qualifier 4
			9
	Mark Neeleman		4					2
			8					7
	Steve Laycock		4										2
											Tom Brewster		7

	Second Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					To Qualifier 4
											Mike McEwen		7
			9										2
	Steffen Mellemseter		2					3
			9					6
			0													Mike McEwen		8
																		2
											David Edwards		3			Qualifier 4
			1										6
			7					5								Tom Brewster		1
			6					3								Mike McEwen		7
			4

C Event[]

	Third Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 5
						Ewan MacDonald		8
			1					2
			10								Ewan MacDonald		1
											David Murdoch		6
						David Murdoch		8
			5					5
	Alexey Tselousov		2													David Murdoch		6
																Niklas Edin		7

	Third Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 6
								4
						David Edwards		6
											David Edwards		4
											Kyle Smith		6
																Kyle Smith		3
																		4
						Peter de Cruz		5
			3			James Grattan		3
	James Grattan		6								Peter de Cruz		1
													5

	Third Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 7
								5
			6					6
			8										2
											David Smith		8
																David Smith		7
																Logan Gray		3
						Logan Gray		8
						Tomi Rantamaki		1
											Logan Gray		6
													3

	Third Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 8
						Mark Neeleman		5
	Steffen Mellemseter		2					6
			8										2
											Steve Laycock		7
						Steve Laycock		8
			7					5
			6													Steve Laycock		6
																Tom Brewster		2

Playoffs[]

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Claudio Pescia		2
	Steve Laycock		6
						Steve Laycock		1
						Thomas Ulsrud		9
	Thomas Ulsrud		5
			3
											Thomas Ulsrud		2
											Mike McEwen		6
	Mike McEwen		4
	Niklas Edin		1
						Mike McEwen		5
						Brad Gushue		4
	Brad Gushue		7
	David Smith		2

References[]

External links[]

• Results from the CurlingZone database