CHAMPION: Whyte Wins 2024 Scottish Curling Championships

Stirling, Scotland

SKIP
Ross
Whyte

Third
Robin
Brydone

Second
Duncan
McFadzean

Lead
Euan
Kyle

Games:	10
Record:	10W - 0L
PF/G:	9.52
PA/G:	4.29
Hammer Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Defense:	0.03
Force Efficiency:	0.78
Steal Efficiency:	0.31

Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) won 7-6 over James Craik (Forfar, SCO) in the Final of the Scottish Curling Championships, held February 4 - 10, 2024 in Dumfries, Scotland.

Whyte finished 8-0 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Whyte defeated Gavin Cameron (Moray, SCO) 8-2, then won 7-3 against Orrin Carson (Stirling, SCO) and 8-6 against Kyle Waddell (Hamilton, SCO). Whyte won 6-2 against Arran Thomson (Perth, SCO), then won 10-8 against Craik and 9-2 against Fraser Swanston (Forfar, SCO). Whyte won 8-2 against Bruce Mouat (STIRLING, SCO), then won 10-2 against Ross Craik (Stirling, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Scottish Curling Championships Championship title, Whyte earned 41.250 world rankings points, remaining in 4th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 13.75 after improving upon their best so far this season. Whyte ranks 4th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 323.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	65	17	0	0.793	19-5	15-1	5-1	2-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	596	520	321	8.72	5.39	3.34	4.78	3.62	1.82	1.49	1.59

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	286	390	45	50	17-0	24-1	89-8	1.36	0.16	0.55	0.12

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	310	130	276	45	3-2	7-13	23-62	0.42	0.89	0.57	0.27

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