CHAMPION: Shalamitski Wins 2018 Tallinn Mens International Challenger

SKIP
Ilya
Shalamitski

Third
Pavel
Petrov

Second
Dzimitry
Rudnitski

Lead
Yevgeny
Tamkovich

Ilya Shalamitski (Minsk, BLR) won 6-3 over Tomi Rantamaki (Hyvinkaa, FIN) in the Final of the Tallinn Mens International Challenger, held September 28 - 30, 2018 in Tallinn, Estonia. To advance to the championship game, Shalamitski won 6-4 over Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) in the semifinals of the 2018 Tallinn Mens International Challenger in Tallinn, Estonia; and won 8-5 over Mihhail Vlassov (Tallinn, EST) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Tallinn Mens International Challenger in Tallinn, Estonia;

Shalamitski finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shalamitski defeated Daniel Poulsen (Hvidovre, DEN) 11-3, then went on to lose 8-3 against Wille Makela (Hyvinkaa, FIN). Shalamitski responded with a 7-1 win over Ritvars Gulbis (Riga, LAT). Shalamitski won 9-5 against Olaf Bolkenbaas (Zoetermeer, NED) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Tallinn Mens International Challenger Championship title, Shalamitski earned 11.792 world rankings points along with the $1,801CDN first prize cheque, moving up 475 spots the World Ranking Standings into 187th place overall with 11.792 total points. Shalamitski ranks 61st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 11.792 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

2023: Yves Stocker
Yves Stocker, Kim Schwaller, Felix Eberhard, Tom Winkelhausen
Zug, SUI
2022: Cameron Bryce
Cameron Bryce, Duncan Menzies, Luke Carson, Robin McCall
Stirling, SCO
2021: Marco Hoesli
Marco Hoesli, Philipp Hoesli, Marco Hefti, Justin Hausherr
Glarus, SUI
2019: Jermu Pollanen
Jere Sullanmaa, Jason Moore, Iikko Santti, Jermu Poellaenen
Hyvinkaa, FIN
2018: Ilya Shalamitski
Ilya Shalamitski, Pavel Petrov, Dzimitry Rudnitski, Yevgeny Tamkovich
Minsk, BLR

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