Rudstrom Runner-Up at 2015 Riga International Challenge

Fourth
Jonna
McManus

SKIP
Karin
Rudstrom

Second
Sofie
Siden

Lead
Anna
Huhta

Karin Rudstrom (Gavle, SWE) lost 9-3 to Evgeniy Demkina (Moscow, RUS) in the Final of the Riga International Challenge, held October 23 - 25, 2015 in Riga, Latvia.

Rudstrom finished 1-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rudstrom lost 5-2 to Victorya Moiseeva (Moscow, RUS), droppimg another game, 8-4 to Oona Kauste (Hyvinkaa, FIN) where Rudstrom responded with a 5-3 win over Santa Blumberga (Riga, LAT) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Riga International Challenge, Rudstrom take home 12.786 world rankings points along with the $2,176CDN prize, moving up 10 spots the World Ranking Standings into 64th place overall with 43.539 total points. Rudstrom ranks 79th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 12.786 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

CURLING HISTORY: A Prize Letter

In the run up to Christmas Day, 1893, the Aberdeen Peoples's Journal offered a prize of one guinea for the best letter about curling! That's the invitation... (read more)
EXTRA EXTRA END PODCAST: E20: Two-time U.S. Olympian Jessica...

A quick break for the Memorial Day holiday and we're back with our guest and new USA Curling Womenâs National Team & Juniors Director Jessica Schultz.... (read more)
MIKE THE CURLING GUY: Doing Jello Shots with my Kids...

I am in week 3 of isolation/quarantine/home schooling and getting a little squirrel-y. Personal hygiene has become optional. The kids have watched the entire... (read more)
WORLD CURLING REPORT: November 27th, 2019

On today's World Curling Report...we recap Day 1 of the 2019 Canada Cup. (read more)
FROM THE HACK: From the Hack Podcast - November...

On this week's podcast we focus on the Canada Cup with past champion Reid Carruthers (04:09), Adam Kingsbury - former coach of Team Homan and Team Jacobs (11:53)... (read more)