CHAMPION: Kauste Wins 2014 Edinburgh International

SKIP
Aku
Kauste

Third
Pauli
Jaamies

Second
Leo
Makela

Lead
Janne
Pitko

Aku Kauste (Helsinki, FIN) won 7-6 over David Sik (Prague, CZE) in the Final of the Edinburgh International, held November 7 - 9, 2014 at the Murrayfield Curling Club in Edinburgh, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, Kauste won 5-3 over Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) in the semifinals of the 2014 Edinburgh International in Edinburgh, Scotland, Scotland; and won 8-5 over Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, UK) in the quarterfinals.

Kauste finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kauste defeated Scotland's Lee McCleary 7-6, then won 6-3 against Scotland's Graeme Black and 5-4 against Hungary's Zsolt Kiss. Kauste won 7-6 against Sweden's Fredrik Nyman. Kauste went on to lose 8-3 against Kyle Smith (Perth, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Edinburgh International Championship title, Kauste earned 4.750 world rankings points along with the $7,214CDN first prize cheque, moving up 45 spots the World Ranking Standings into 103rd place overall with 10.632 total points. Kauste ranks 80th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2016: Karel Kubeska
Karel Kubeska, Jiri Candra, Martin Juric, Lukas Klima, David Jirounek
,
2015: Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Kyle Waddell, Cameron Smith
Perth, SCO
2014: Aku Kauste
Aku Kauste, Pauli Jaamies, Leo Makela, Janne Pitko, Kasper Hakunti
Helsinki, FIN
2013: David Edwards
David Edwards, John Penny, Scott MacLeod, Colin Campbell
Aberdeen, SCO
2012: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow, David Murdoch
Aberdeen, SCO
2011: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow
Aberdeen, SCO
2010: Graham Shaw
Graham Shaw, Brian Binnie, Richard Goldie, Robin Niven
Perth, SCO
2000: David Murdoch
David Murdoch, Neil Murdoch, Garry Mackay, Sandy Reid
Lockerbie, SCO

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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