Craik3-2 at Tallinn Mens International Challenger

Stirling, Scotland

SKIP
James
Craik

Third
Angus
Bryce

Second
Scott
Hyslop

Lead
Niall
Ryder

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	8.61
PA/G:	5.83
Hammer Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

James Craik (Stirling, SCO) finished 3-2 in the 18 team Tallinn Mens International Challenger qualifying round, held September 23 - 26 in , . In their opening game, Craik defeated Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT) 8-4, then won 6-4 against Eduard Veltsman (Tallinn, EST). Craik went on to lose 8-7 against Marco Hoesli (Glarus, SUI). Craik responded with a 7-1 win over Daniel Magnusson (Karlstad, SWE). Craik went on to lose 4-3 against Benny Kapp (Fuessen, GER) in their final qualifying round match.

Craik earned 2.940 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 7 spots the World Ranking Standings into 114th place overall with 18.388 total points. Craik ranks 90th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.940 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
0	3	2	0	0.600	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
0	36	31	21	8.61	5.83	2.78	4.72	3.89	1.82	1.50	1.39

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
0	17	20	3	3	0-0	2-0	4-1	1.18	0.18	0.43	0.12

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
0	19	11	18	2	0-0	2-1	2-4	0.58	0.95	0.58	0.26

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