Whyte Runner-Up at 2023 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard

SKIP
Ross
Whyte

Third
Robin
Brydone

Second
Duncan
McFadzean

Lead
Euan
Kyle

Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) lost 6-2 to Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) in the Final of the Stu Sells Oakville Tankard, held September 8 - 10, 2023 at the Oakville Curling Club in Oakville, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Whyte won 7-2 over John Epping (Toronto, ON) in the semifinals of the 2023 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard in Oakville, Ontario, Canada; and won 9-4 over Owen Purcell (Halifax, NS) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Stu Sells Oakville Tankard in Oakville, Ontario, Canada;

Whyte finished 4-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Whyte defeated Pat Ferris (Grimsby, ON) 9-4, then won 7-6 against Glenn Howard (Penetanguishene, ON) and 7-3 against Michael Fournier (Toronto, ON). Whyte won 8-2 against Sam Steep (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Stu Sells Oakville Tankard, Whyte take home 30.250 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN prize, remaining in 9th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 4.75 after improving upon their best so far this season. Whyte ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 63.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	65	17	0	0.793	19-5	15-1	5-1	2-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	596	520	321	8.72	5.39	3.34	4.78	3.62	1.82	1.49	1.59

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	286	390	45	50	17-0	24-1	89-8	1.36	0.16	0.55	0.12

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	310	130	276	45	3-2	7-13	23-62	0.42	0.89	0.57	0.27

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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