CHAMPION: Grattan Wins 2013 Curling Masters Champery

SKIP
James
Grattan

Third
Jason
Roach

Second
Darren
Roach

Lead
Josh
Barry

James Grattan (Oromocto, NB) won 5-2 over Marc Pfister (Bern, SUI) in the Final of the Curling Masters Champery, held October 25 - 27, 2013 in Champery, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Grattan won 9-3 over Grant Hardie (Dumfries, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2013 Curling Masters Champery in Champery, Switzerland; and won 6-1 over Tomi Rantamaki (Helsinki, FIN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2013 Curling Masters Champery in Champery, Switzerland;

Grattan finished 5-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Grattan defeated Alexander Baumann (Fuessen, GER) 6-3, then won 6-5 against Ritvars Gulbis (Riga, LAT) and 8-3 against Bernhard Werthemann (Berne, SUI). Grattan won 6-2 against Pfister, then won 6-5 against Aku Kauste (Hyvinkaa, FIN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Curling Masters Champery Championship title, Grattan earned 12.750 world rankings points along with the $16,341CDN first prize cheque, moving up 18 spots the World Ranking Standings into 46th place overall with 33.800 total points. Grattan ranks 35th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 16.425 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

2021: Steffen Walstad
Steffen Walstad, Torger Nergaard, Markus Hoiberg, Magnus Vaagberg
Oslo, NOR
2020: Yannick Schwaller
Yannick Schwaller, Michael Brunner, Romano Keller-Meier, Marcel Kaeufeler
Bern, SUI
2019: Jaap van Dorp
Wouter Gosgens, Jaap van Dorp, Laurens Hoekman, Carlo Glasbergen
Zoetermeer, NED
2018: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Sven Michel, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneve, SUI
2017: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2016: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
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2014: Tom Brewster
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Aberdeen, GBR
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James Grattan, Jason Roach, Darren Roach, Josh Barry
Oromocto, NB
2012: Marcus Hasselborg
Marcus Hasselborg, Peder Folke, Andreas Prytz, Anton Sandstrom
, SWE
2011: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Peter De Cruz, Gilles Vuille, Valentin Tanner
, SUI

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