Smith

Perth, Scotland

SKIP
Kyle
Smith

Third
Thomas
Muirhead

Second
Kyle
Waddell

Lead
Cameron
Smith

Games:	10
Record:	6W - 4L
PF/G:	5.81
PA/G:	6.13
Hammer Efficiency:	0.32
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Kyle Smith (Perth, SCO) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Smith finished 6-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith defeated Ewan MacDonald (Inverness, SCO) 8-7, then won 7-4 against Robin Brydone (Perth, SCO). Smith went on to lose 6-3 against Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, SCO). Smith lost 6-4 to David Murdoch (Lockerbie, SCO). Smith lost 9-4 to Grant Hardie (Dumfries, SCO) where Smith responded with a 7-5 win over Moray Combe (Perth, SCO). Smith won 5-1 against Scott MacLeod (Aberdeen, SCO), then won 6-3 against Cameron Bryce (Border, SCO) and 8-7 against Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

Smith earned 8.170 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 27th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 5.06 after improving upon their best so far this season. Smith ranks 25th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 123.823 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

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