Smith5-2 at 2016 Swiss Cup Basel

Stirling, Scotland

SKIP
Kyle
Smith

Third
Thomas
Muirhead

Second
Kyle
Waddell

Lead
Cameron
Smith

Games:	9
Record:	6W - 3L
PF/G:	10.61
PA/G:	8.16
Hammer Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Defense:	0.04
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Kyle Smith (Stirling, SCO) finished 5-2 in the 32 team Swiss Cup Basel qualifying round, held September 29 - October 2, 2016 in , . In their opening game, Smith defeated Bjorn Jungen (Adelboden, SUI) 6-4, then went on to lose 7-5 against Mark Nichols (St. John's, NL). Smith responded with a 8-2 win over Aku Kauste (Helsinki, FIN). Smith went on to lose 6-5 against Bruce Mouat (Stirlng, SCO). Smith responded with a 6-2 win over Jan Hess (Zug, SUI). Smith won 5-3 against Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA), then won 5-4 against Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

Smith earned 31.159 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Swiss Cup Basel, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 16th place overall with 259.735 total points. Smith ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 131.236 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	6	3	0	0.667	1-1	1-0	1-1	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	49	52	40	10.61	8.16	2.45	5.51	3.67	1.93	2.22	0.82

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	24	38	2	3	2-0	2-0	5-1	1.58	0.08	0.43	0.04

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	25	14	38	1	1-3	1-2	1-3	0.56	1.52	0.53	0.28

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