Craik Reaches 2024 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 Quarters

SKIP
James
Craik

Third
Mark
Watt

Second
Angus
Bryce

Lead
Blair
Haswell

James Craik (Stirling, SCO) qualified for the 2024 HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1 playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 8-4 against Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO).

Craik finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Craik lost 6-3 to Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO), then responded with a 7-5 win over John Shuster (Duluth, MN). Craik went on to lose 7-2 against Mike McEwen (Saskatoon, SK). Craik responded with a 7-2 win over Michael Brunner (Bern, SUI). Craik won 10-3 against Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Craik earned 30.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the HearingLife Tour Challenge Tier 1. For week 10 of the event schedule, Craik did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Craik ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2024: Bruce Mouat
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Stirling, SCO
2023: Joel Retornaz
Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella
Trentino, ITA
2022: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2019: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NO
2018: Brad Jacobs
Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden
Sault Ste Marie, NO
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker , Jules Owchar
St. John's, NL
2016: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2015: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB

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