CHAMPION: Kapp Wins 2023 Aberdeen Classic

Fuessen, Germany

Fourth
Marc
Muskatewitz

SKIP
Benny
Kapp

Second
Felix
Messenzehl

Lead
Johannes
Scheuerl

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	11.84
PA/G:	5.53
Hammer Efficiency:	0.65
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.35

Benny Kapp (Fuessen, GER) won 7-2 over Yves Stocker (Zug, SUI) in the Final of the Aberdeen Classic, held December 8 - 10, 2023 at the Curl Aberdeen in Aberdeen, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, Kapp won 7-3 over Andreas Harstad (Oppdal, NOR) in the semifinals of the 2023 Aberdeen Classic in Aberdeen, Scotland, Scotland;

Kapp finished 4-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kapp defeated Kyle Waddell (Hamilton, SCO) 8-4, then won 7-3 against Jan Iseli (Solothun, SUI) and 7-6 against Ross Craik (Stirling, SCO). Kapp won 9-3 against Glen Muirhead (Perth, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Aberdeen Classic Championship title, Kapp earned 18.750 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque. Kapp move up 6 spots after posting a net gain of 18.375 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 35th overall with 113.986 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kapp ranks 29th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 90.125 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	36	27	0	0.571	7-5	2-3	2-3	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	466	383	311	8.22	6.67	1.55	4.57	4.42	1.80	1.51	1.01

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	245	304	74	34	11-1	23-2	69-11	1.24	0.30	0.49	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	221	79	237	13	0-3	3-13	15-51	0.36	1.07	0.55	0.26

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