CHAMPION: Whyte Wins 2022 Original 16 Mens Cash Spiel

Stirling, Scotland

SKIP
Ross
Whyte

Third
Robin
Brydone

Second
Duncan
McFadzean

Lead
Euan
Kyle

Games:	8
Record:	7W - 1L
PF/G:	7.37
PA/G:	4.04
Hammer Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Defense:	0.21
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.35

Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) won 5-4 over Aaron Sluchinski (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the Original 16 Mens Cash Spiel, held November 11 - 13, 2022 in Calgary, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Whyte won 5-3 over Kody Hartung (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2022 Original 16 Mens Cash Spiel in Calgary, Alberta; and won 5-3 over Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 Original 16 Mens Cash Spiel in Calgary, Alberta;

Whyte finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Whyte defeated Brett Walter (Winnipeg, MB) 5-1, then won 10-2 against Jordan Peters (Winnipeg, MB) and 5-2 against Jacob Libbus (Okotoks, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Original 16 Mens Cash Spiel Championship title, Whyte earned 30.000 world rankings points along with the $6,000CDN first prize cheque. Whyte move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 15 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 9th overall with 213.860 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Whyte ranks 11th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 112.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	59	30	0	0.663	20-4	12-8	11-3	6-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	655	488	388	7.45	5.92	1.53	4.26	3.98	1.75	1.49	1.76

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	347	392	96	66	13-3	24-4	89-10	1.13	0.28	0.45	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	308	96	292	49	2-1	5-13	14-70	0.31	0.95	0.56	0.21

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