Kauste Reaches 2017 CCT Aberdeen International Curling Championship Quarters

SKIP
Aku
Kauste

Third
Kasper
Hakunti

Second
Pauli
Jaamies

Lead
Janne
Pitko

Aku Kauste (Helsinki, FIN) qualified for the 2017 CCT Aberdeen International Curling Championship playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 9-4 against Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB).

Kauste finished 5-2 in the 28-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kauste defeated Michael Brunner (Gstaad, SUI) 7-2, then went on to lose 9-0 against McEwen. Kauste responded with a 6-3 win over Marc Pfister (Adelboden, SUI). Kauste won 4-2 against Bruce Mouat (Stirlng, SCO), then won 6-5 against Rasmus Stjerne (Hvidovre, DEN). Kauste went on to lose 7-3 against Gustav Eskilsson (Skellefteï¿½, SWE). Kauste responded with a 5-4 win over Alexey Stukalskiy (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.

Kauste earned 18.643 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the CCT Aberdeen International Curling Championship, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 49th place overall with 149.573 total points. Kauste ranks 69th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 54.044 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

2024: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr. , Michael Goodfellow
STIRLING, SCO
2023: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle
Stirling, SCO
2022: Sixten Totzek
Sixten Totzek, Marc Muskatewitz, Joshua Sutor, Dominik Greindl
Munich, GER
2020: Yannick Schwaller
Yannick Schwaller, Michael Brunner, Romano Keller-Meier, Marcel Kaeufeler
Bern, SUI
2019: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Sven Michel, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneve, SUI
2018: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Edinburgh, SCO
2017: Grant Hardie
Grant Hardie, Blair Fraser, Dave Reid, Duncan Menzies
Dumfries, SCO
2016: David Murdoch
David Murdoch, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow
Stirling, SCO

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