CHAMPION: Bryce Wins 2021 WCT Latvia International Challenger

SKIP
Cameron
Bryce

Third
Callum
Kinnear

Second
Mark
Taylor

Lead
Robin
McCall

Cameron Bryce (Stirling, SCO) won 8-2 over Konrad Stych (Lodz, POL) in the Final of the WCT Latvia International Challenger, held October 21 - 24, 2021 in Tukums, Latvia. To advance to the championship game, Bryce won 9-5 over Eduard Veltsman (Tallinn, EST) in the semifinals

Bryce finished 5-1 in the 7-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bryce defeated Konstantin Rykov (Vilnius, LTU) 10-3, then went on to lose 5-2 against Veltsman. Bryce responded with a 6-4 win over Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT). Bryce won 9-2 against Stych, then won 8-1 against Ansis Regza (Riga, LAT) and 7-0 against JeongJae Lee (Seoul, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the WCT Latvia International Challenger Championship title, Bryce earned 11.788 world rankings points along with the $1,993CDN first prize cheque. Bryce move up 17 spots after posting a net gain of 7.703 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 79th overall with 35.675 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Bryce ranks 61st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 19.629 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

2022: Martins Truksans
Martins Truksans, Janis Klive, Arnis Veidemanis, Sandris Buholcs
Riga, LAT
2021: Cameron Bryce
Cameron Bryce, Callum Kinnear, Mark Taylor, Robin McCall
Stirling, SCO
2019: Daniel Magnusson
Daniel Magnusson, Robin Ahlberg, Anton Regosa, Sebastian Jones
Karlstad, SWE
2018: Wille Makela
Wille Makela, Kalle Kiiskinen, Teemu Salo, Paavo Kuosmanen
Hyvinkaa, FIN
2017: Rasmus Stjerne
Rasmus Stjerne, Johnny Frederiksen, Mikkel Poulsen, Oliver Dupont
Hvidovre, DEN

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