CHAMPION: Krause Wins 2023 Match Town Trophy

SKIP
Mikkel
Krause

Third
Mads
Noergaard

Second
Tobias
Thune

Lead
Henrik
Holtermann

Mikkel Krause (Hvidovre, DEN) won 6-4 over Andreas Haarstad (Oppdal, NOR) in the Final of the Match Town Trophy, held October 12 - 15, 2023 in Jonkoping, Sweden. To advance to the championship game, Krause won 6-5 over Mats Wrana (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the semifinals of the 2023 Match Town Trophy in Jonkoping, Sweden; and won 9-8 over Joel Westerberg (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Match Town Trophy in Jonkoping, Sweden;

Krause finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Krause defeated Axel Landelius (Mjoelby, SWE) 6-2, then won 8-6 against Jonathan Vilandt (Hvidovre, DEN) and 10-4 against Axel Rosander (Norrkoping, SWE). Krause won 6-4 against Matias Hanninen (Jeonsu, FIN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Match Town Trophy Championship title, Krause earned 11.250 world rankings points along with the $3,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 63 spots the World Ranking Standings into 132nd place overall with 20.979 total points. Krause ranks 79th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 11.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	22	9	0	0.710	3-0	1-2	1-0	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	235	195	158	8.30	6.72	1.57	4.72	4.21	1.76	1.60	1.06

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	121	137	40	14	4-0	11-1	25-6	1.13	0.33	0.37	0.26

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	114	58	118	11	2-3	3-10	8-21	0.51	1.04	0.49	0.32

2024: Cameron Bryce
Cameron Bryce, Duncan Menzies, Luke Carson, Robin McCall
Norder, SCO
2023: Mikkel Krause
Mikkel Krause, Mads Noergaard, Tobias Thune, Henrik Holtermann
Hvidovre, DEN
2022: Fredrik Nyman
Fredrik Nyman, Patric Mabergs, Simon Olofsson, Johannes Patz
Solleftea, SWE

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