Craik Reaches HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2 Quarters

SKIP
James
Craik

Third
Mark
Watt

Second
Angus
Bryce

Lead
Blair
Haswell

James Craik (Forfar, SCO) qualified for the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2 playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-3 against Mike McEwen (Saskatoon, SK). of the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2 in Niagara Falls, Ontario;

Craik finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Craik defeated Lukas Hostmaelingen (Oslo, NOR) 6-4, then won 9-3 against John Epping (Toronto, ON). Craik went on to lose 5-4 against ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR). Craik responded with a 6-3 win over Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Craik earned 16.500 world rankings points for their Top 6 finish in the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 2, remaining in 16th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -1.688 after improving upon their best so far this season. Craik ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 79.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	42	29	0	0.592	15-3	10-5	2-2	2-0	1-3

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	523	414	329	7.92	6.29	1.63	4.78	4.09	1.66	1.54	1.13

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	248	292	77	24	7-1	22-4	54-13	1.18	0.31	0.37	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	275	122	252	35	2-4	9-15	19-49	0.44	0.92	0.58	0.29

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