Steve Laycock (Saskatoon, SK) won
9-2 over
Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the S3 Group Curling Stadium Series, held October 7 - 10, 2022 in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Laycock won
8-3 over
Kelly Knapp (Regina, SK) in the semifinals of the 2022 S3 Group Curling Stadium Series in Swift Current, Saskatchewan; and won
7-5 over
Daymond Bernath (Saskatoon, SK) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 S3 Group Curling Stadium Series in Swift Current, Saskatchewan;
Laycock finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Laycock defeated
Ben Gamble (Regina, SK) 9-3, then won
6-3 against
Bernath and
4-2 against
Jason Jacobson (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the S3 Group Curling Stadium Series Championship title, Laycock earned
22.500 world rankings points along with the $2,300CDN first prize cheque. Laycock move up 25 spots after posting a net gain of 18.354 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 48th overall with
65.227 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Laycock ranks 26th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
44.500 points earned so far this season.
