CHAMPION: Paterson Wins 2022 Scottish Curling Championships

SKIP
Ross
Paterson

Third
Kyle
Waddell

Second
Duncan
Menzies

Lead
Craig
Waddell

Ross Paterson (Stirling, SCO) won 6-5 over Ross Whyte (Dumfries, SCO) in the Final of the Scottish Curling Championships, held February 21 - 27, 2022 at the Dumfries Ice Bowl in Dumfries, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, Paterson won 7-2 over James Craik (Forfar, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2022 Scottish Curling Championships in Dumfries, Scotland, Scotland;

Paterson finished 8-2 in the 6-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Paterson defeated Craik 7-6, then went on to lose 10-7 against Jack Strawhorn (Dumfries, SCO). Paterson responded with a 7-2 win over Cameron Bryce (Kelso, SCO). Paterson won 10-2 against Mark Watt (Perth, SCO). Paterson went on to lose 10-8 against Whyte. Paterson responded with a 7-5 win over Craik. Paterson won 10-5 against Strawhorn, then won 6-5 against Bryce and 10-2 against Watt. Paterson won 6-4 against Whyte in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Scottish Curling Championships Championship title, Paterson earned 23.299 world rankings points, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 22nd place overall with 152.039 total points. Paterson ranks 29th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 90.960 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	37	27	0	0.578	15-8	3-10	4-5	0-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	498	375	294	7.53	5.90	1.63	4.70	3.92	1.60	1.51	1.39

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	248	269	61	38	4-0	14-1	67-9	1.08	0.25	0.40	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	250	106	233	31	2-3	6-12	14-55	0.42	0.93	0.52	0.30

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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