Bronze for Craik at 2020 World Junior Mens Championship

[[3:14.9592]] Bronze for Craik at 2020 World Junior Mens Championship

Aberdeen, Scotland

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SKIP
James
Craik

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Third
Mark
Watt

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Second
Blair
Haswell

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Lead
Niall
Ryder

Games:	11
Record:	8W - 3L
PF/G:	6.42
PA/G:	5.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

James Craik (Aberdeen, SCO) won 6-5 over Sixten Totzek (Hamburg, GER) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2020 World Junior Mens Championship in Krasnayorsk, RCF. of the 2020 World Junior Mens Championship in Krasnayorsk, RCF; James Craik (Aberdeen, SCO) won 6-5 over Sixten Totzek (Hamburg, GER) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2020 World Junior Mens Championship in Krasnayorsk, RCF. Craik lost 9-6 to Yves Wagenseil (Bern, SUI) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.

Craik finished 7-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Craik lost 5-4 to Giacomo Colli (Trentino, ITA), droppimg another game, 8-5 to Andrey Dudov (Moscow, RCF) where Craik responded with a 7-3 win over Daniel Magnusson (Karlstad, SWE). Craik won 5-4 against Totzek, then won 8-4 against Matthew Neilson (Naseby, NZL) and 7-2 against Eirik Oey (Oslo, NOR). Craik won 7-2 against Wagenseil, then won 7-6 against Luc Violette (Lake Stevens, USA) and 6-5 against Jacques Gauthier (Winnipeg, CAN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their third place finish at the World Junior Mens Championship, Craik earn 14.959 world rankings points. For week 31 of the event schedule, Craik did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Craik ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

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