CHAMPION: Craik Wins 2020 Scottish Curling Junior Championships

SKIP
James
Craik

Third
Mark
Watt

Second
Blair
Haswell

Lead
Niall
Ryder

James Craik (Forfar, SCO) won 5-3 over Hamish Gallacher (Dumfries, SCO) in the Final of the Scottish Curling Junior Championships, held January 22 - 26, 2020 at the Curl Aberdeen in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Craik finished 6-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Craik defeated Ross Craik (Forfar, SCO) 8-3, then won 9-3 against Jacob Holder (Moray, SCO) and 9-2 against Bill Turner (Dumfries, SCO). Craik won 5-3 against Gallacher, then won 5-4 against Callum Kinnear (Perth, SCO) and 11-3 against Gavin Cameron (Moray, SCO). Craik went on to lose 9-6 against Orrin Carson (Dumfries, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Scottish Curling Junior Championships Championship title, Craik earned 10.688 world rankings points. For week 27 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

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

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