Craik Reaches 2023 Scottish Curling Junior Championships Semifinals

SKIP
Ross
Craik

Third
Scott
Hyslop

Second
Struan
Carson

Lead
Jack
Carrick

Ross Craik (Forfar, SCO) run at the 2023 Scottish Curling Junior Championships came to an end in the semifinals with a 10-4 loss to Orrin Carson (Dumfries, SCO). of the 2023 Scottish Curling Junior Championships in Aberdeen, Scotland;

Craik finished 6-2 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Craik defeated David Beesley (Edinburgh, SCO) 9-4, then won 10-3 against Ethan Brewster (Aberdeen, SCO) and 5-4 against Jack Strawhorn (Dumfries, SCO). Craik went on to lose 8-6 against Carson. Craik responded with a 7-4 win over Gavin Cameron (Moray, SCO). Craik won 9-4 against Arran Thomson (Perth, SCO), then won 10-4 against Stewart Kyle (Dumfries, SCO). Craik went on to lose 11-7 against Fraser Swanston (Forfar, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

Craik earned 4.250 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Scottish Curling Junior Championships, moving up 16 spots the World Ranking Standings into 152nd place overall with 17.097 total points. Craik ranks 195th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	9	17	1	0.346	3-3	1-9	2-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	206	136	172	6.60	8.35	-1.75	4.17	4.56	1.58	1.83	1.26

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	99	103	31	15	3-1	3-2	24-4	1.04	0.31	0.36	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	107	33	141	11	1-8	1-9	6-24	0.31	1.32	0.45	0.21

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