Stych Runner-Up at 2021 WCT Latvia International Challenger

SKIP
Konrad
Stych

Third
Krzysztof
Domin

Second
Marcin
Cieminski

Lead
Bartosz
Lobaza

Konrad Stych (Lodz, POL) lost 8-2 to Cameron Bryce (Stirling, SCO) in the Final of the WCT Latvia International Challenger, held October 21 - 24, 2021 in Tukums, Latvia. To advance to the championship game, Stych won 7-2 over JeongJae Lee (Seoul, KOR) in the semifinals of the 2021 WCT Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia;

Stych finished 5-1 in the 7-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Stych defeated Lee 6-4, then won 7-4 against Eduard Veltsman (Tallinn, EST) and 7-3 against Ansis Regza (Riga, LAT). Stych went on to lose 9-2 against Bryce. Stych responded with a 7-6 win over Martins Truksans (Riga, LAT). Stych won 9-2 against Konstantin Rykov (Vilnius, LTU) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the WCT Latvia International Challenger, Stych take home 8.644 world rankings points along with the $1,139CDN prize, moving up 23 spots the World Ranking Standings into 103rd place overall with 27.618 total points. Stych ranks 118th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.644 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

2022: Martins Truksans
Martins Truksans, Janis Klive, Arnis Veidemanis, Sandris Buholcs
Riga, LAT
2021: Cameron Bryce
Cameron Bryce, Callum Kinnear, Mark Taylor, Robin McCall
Stirling, SCO
2019: Daniel Magnusson
Daniel Magnusson, Robin Ahlberg, Anton Regosa, Sebastian Jones
Karlstad, SWE
2018: Wille Makela
Wille Makela, Kalle Kiiskinen, Teemu Salo, Paavo Kuosmanen
Hyvinkaa, FIN
2017: Rasmus Stjerne
Rasmus Stjerne, Johnny Frederiksen, Mikkel Poulsen, Oliver Dupont
Hvidovre, DEN

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