Makela Reaches 2018 Tallinn Mens International Challenger Semifinals

SKIP
Wille
Makela

Third
Kalle
Kiiskinen

Second
Teemu
Salo

Lead
Paavo
Kuosmanen

Wille Makela (Hyvinkaa, FIN) run at the 2018 Tallinn Mens International Challenger came to an end in the semifinals with a 4-3 loss to Tomi Rantamaki (Hyvinkaa, FIN). of the 2018 Tallinn Mens International Challenger in Tallinn, Estonia; Makela advanced through the quarterfinals with a 10-0 win over Tadas Vyskupaitis (Vilnius, LTU). of the 2018 Tallinn Mens International Challenger in Tallinn, Estonia;

Makela are currently 3-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Makela defeated Ilya Shalamitski (Minsk, BLR) 8-3, then won 14-2 against Olaf Bolkenbaas (Zoetermeer, NED) and 6-4 against Daniel Poulsen (Hvidovre, DEN). In their next game, Makela plays.

Makela earned 6.289 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Tallinn Mens International Challenger, moving up 347 spots the World Ranking Standings into 258th place overall with 6.289 total points. Makela ranks 83rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.289 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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