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.
