Kapp Reaches St. Galler Elite Challenge Quarters

Fourth
Marc
Muskatewitz

SKIP
Benny
Kapp

Second
Felix
Messenzehl

Lead
Johannes
Scheuerl

Benny Kapp (Fuessen, GER) qualified for the St. Galler Elite Challenge playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 4-2 against Cameron Bryce (Border, SCO). of the St. Galler Elite Challenge in St. Gallen, Switzerland;

Kapp finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kapp defeated Manuel Jermann (Arlesheim, SUI) 9-3, then won 5-4 against Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED) and 7-2 against Christian Bangerter (Bern, SUI). Kapp went on to lose 6-2 against Fabio Ribotta (Pinerolo, ITA) in their final qualifying round match.

Kapp earned 9.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the St. Galler Elite Challenge. Kapp move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 8.625 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 32nd overall with 115.032 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kapp ranks 29th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 99.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	36	27	0	0.571	7-5	2-3	2-3	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	466	383	311	8.22	6.67	1.55	4.57	4.42	1.80	1.51	1.01

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	245	304	74	34	11-1	23-2	69-11	1.24	0.30	0.49	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	221	79	237	13	0-3	3-13	15-51	0.36	1.07	0.55	0.26

2024: Cameron Bryce
Cameron Bryce, Duncan Menzies, Luke Carson, Robin McCall
Border, SCO
2023: Cameron Bryce
Cameron Bryce, Duncan Menzies, Luke Carson, Robin McCall
Stirling, SCO
2022: Marco Hoesli
Marco Hoesli, Philipp Hoesli, Marco Hefti, Justin Hausherr
Glarus, SUI

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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