Rajala3-5 at 2024 New Holland Canadian Junior Championships

SKIP
Brendan
Rajala

Third
Jackson
Dubinsky

Second
Jesse
Crozier

Lead
Adam
Wiersema

Brendan Rajala (Sudbury, NO) finished 3-5 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rajala lost 8-3 to Jace Freeman (Virden, MB), droppimg another game, 8-2 to Timothy Marin (Sherwood Park, AB) where Rajala responded with a 7-6 win over Jack MacFayden (Summerside, PEI). Rajala went on to lose 7-5 against Calan MacIsaac (Truro, NS). Rajala responded with a 8-7 win over Alex Duncan-Wu (Salmon Arm, BC). Rajala went on to lose 9-4 against Kibo Mulima (Guelph, ON). Rajala responded with a 9-3 win over Ian Deschene (Sudbury, NO). Rajala went on to lose 9-2 against Kenan Wipf (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Rajala earned 1.125 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 57 spots the World Ranking Standings into 282nd place overall with 3.250 total points. Rajala ranks 282nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	4	6	0	0.400	0-0	1-1	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	81	44	55	5.43	6.79	-1.36	3.83	4.81	1.42	1.41	1.36

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	43	38	15	6	0-0	2-0	9-3	0.88	0.35	0.30	0.28

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	38	6	40	5	0-0	0-4	0-5	0.16	1.05	0.67	0.16

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